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Russian pilot was killed in Syria on Saturday after parachuting into rebel-held territory when his plane was shot down, the Defense Ministry said.
\n\u201cA Russian Su-25 aircraft crashed during a flight over the Idlib de-escalation zone. The pilot had enough time to announce he had ejected into the zone, under the control of al-Nusra Front fighters,\u201d the ministry said, quoted by Russian press agencies.
\n\u201cThe pilot was killed in fighting against terrorists.\u201d
\nIt added that \u201caccording to preliminary reports, the plane was shot down by a portable anti-aircraft missile system.\u201d
\nThe Russian army claimed it had killed \u201cmore than 30 al-Nusra Front fighters\u201d during a strike with \u201chigh-precision weapons\u201d in the area where the plane was shot down.
\nThe region where the plane crashed is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist outfit dominated by Al-Qaeda\u2019s former Syrian affiliate.
\nForces supporting president Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime, backed by Russia, launched an offensive at the end of December to recapture the southeastern province of Idlib, the last enclave completely out of Damascus\u2019s control.
\nOpposition groups have in the past shot down Syrian planes, but rarely those of the Russian army.
\nIn August 2016, five Russian soldiers were killed after their helicopter was shot down by rebel groups in Idlib.
\nIn November 2015, Turkey shot down a Russian military aircraft, which caused a diplomatic crisis between Moscow and Ankara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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