![A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows smoke billowing from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in Syria's northwest province of Idlib.
Rebel fighters shot down a Russian plane over Syria's northwest Idlib province and captured its pilot, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Russian plane shot down in Syria
A Russian warplane was shot down in Syria which resulted in the death of the pilot, a Russian state-run news agency reported.
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