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Russian fighter jet shot down in Syria

By Joel Gehrke
Published February 3, 2018 8:01pm ET
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Russian fighter jet shot down in Syria
In this file photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on March 16, 2016, a Russian Su-25 ground attack jet takes off at Hemeimeem Air Base in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that an Su-25 jet was shot down in Syria by Jabhat al-Nusra, an affiliate of al Qaeda operating in the area. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) | AP

Terrorists in one of the contested provinces of Syria shot down a Russian fighter jet, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Saturday.

“[A] Russian fighter jet Su-25 crashed when flying over the Idlib de-escalation zone,” the Defense Ministry told TASS, a state-run media outlet. “According to preliminary information, the jet was brought down with a portable anti-aircraft missile system.”

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Al Qaeda Hamas Hezbollah Iran Joel Gehrke Rex Tillerson Sergey Lavrov State Department Syria Terrorism Vladimir Putin