Syria rebels shoot down government fighter jet in northwest
Rebel group says fighters shot down Sukhoi 22 jet that had taken off from airbase in Syria's Homs.
The jet was downed near Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held town that was hit by a sarin gas attack in 2017 [Anadolu]
A Syrian government fighter jet has been shot down by rebels in Idlib province, as Russia-backed government forces closed in on a strategically important town during a push on the last opposition stronghold.
Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham, the most powerful armed group in the area, said on Wednesday its fighters had shot down a Sukhoi 22 jet that had taken off from a Syrian airbase in Homs province.
The statement by the group, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, did not say how the plane had been shot down.
Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/syria-rebels-shoot-government-fighter-jet-northwest-190814201529413.html
Significant event from yesterday. Turkey or someone is supplying the "rebels" because it sounds like they aren't fairing too bad over there.
Syria Call reported this before I saw anyone else do it:
http://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/15268BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49348064
