News 24
| 10 months ago
Syria's rebels were jubilant on Tuesday, claiming to have shot down a jet and captured its pilot, an apparent victory against the overwhelmingly superior firepower of President Bashar Assad's forces. Video uploaded onto the internet on Monday showed...
Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Syria rebels claimed on Monday to have shot down one of Bashar al-Assad's MiG fighter jets and captured the pilot, in what would be a significant coup for the opposition movement. Footage posted by opposition activists on YouTube showed the jet...
Zee News
| 10 months ago
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos will visit Syria and Lebanon to discuss ways to increase emergency aid to civilians affected by the Syrian conflict. UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey said Amos will fly to Syria Tuesday, where she will discuss relief...
Zee News
| 10 months ago
Syrian government troops have stormed the rebel-held city of Aleppo using tanks and armoured vehicles, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Clashes with rebel fighters were reported in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood Monday.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 10 months ago
Syrian rebels said Monday that they had shot down a Syrian fighter jet for the first time, raising new questions about the opposition's military capabilities, and whether Syria's control of the skies might be threatened. Syrian authorities insisted...
BBC
| 10 months ago
A senior aide to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has flown to China for talks on the crisis, officials say. The Chinese foreign ministry said Bouthaina Shaaban would meet Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi later. The ministry said it was part of its...
Israel National News
| 10 months ago
Reuters quoted the rebels as having said the pilot had been captured after ejecting while his stricken aircraft plunged from the sky.
