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A Syrian regime forces’ MiG-23 fighter-bomber drops a payload during a reported air strike in the rebel-held area of Qabun, east of the capital Damascus, on May 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY

Escalation in Southern Syria amid Demands to Amend Truce

by Youssef Diab and Nazir Majli | Aug 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Tel Aviv- Syria’s southeastern areas witnessed military escalation on Tuesday as opposition factions said they brought down a Syrian jet, only few days after regime forces and their allies reached the Jordanian border, amid requests to amend the “southern...

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Two US Marine Corps F-18 Super Hornets depart during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve May 31, 2017. US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Michael Battles/Handout/File REUTERS

US Downs Syria Regime Jet that Targeted Kurds

by Thaer Abbas | Jun 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- A US coalition warplane downed on Sunday evening a Syrian regime army jet as a response to attacks targeting a group of Kurdish fighters. The coalition announced in a statement that a Syrian SU-22 jet dropped bombs near Syrian Democratic Forces positions in...

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Fighters and civilians gather around the wreckage of a Syrian warplane that was shot down in the Talat al-Iss area, south of Aleppo, Syria April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Syrian Warplane Downed Near Aleppo, Pilot Captured

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 5, 2016 | Middle East

Syrian anti-Assad fighters have shot down a government warplane south of Aleppo and captured its pilot on Tuesday, a monitoring group said. The incident occurred as fighting renewed across swaths of the country threatening to upend a fragile truce. Syria’s...