WORLD_ Syrian rebels claim to have shot down military helicopter

Syrian rebels claim to have shot down military helicopter

Rebel fighters on Thursday shot down a helicopter in Douma, a town east of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, although state media said the aircraft crashed.


9:18AM BST 20 Sep 2012
The Telegraph

State-run Syrian TV said a military helicopter has crashed near the capital, Damascus.

The report said the helicopter went down Thursday southeast of Douma, a suburb that has been the scene of heavy fighting.

The government increasingly has been using helicopters and other aircraft in its fight against an 18-month-old rebellion.

Rebels have claimed to have shot down helicopters in the past, although Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has blamed the problems on mechanical difficulties.

Mohammad Saeed, an activist in Douma, said Syrian MiG warplanes and helicopter gunships had been flying low over the area in the southeastern part of Douma before the crash.

"We heard the sound of several explosions and some gunfire, and a few minutes later we were told that a helicopter had crashed," Saeed said, speaking by Skype from Douma.

He said the helicopter crashed in a district known as Tal Kurdi near a factory for household items.




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