ALEPPO PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) – Islamist rebels shot down a Syrian warplane and captured its pilot on Tuesday (April 5) in an area south of Aleppo where insurgents are battling the Syrian army and allied militias, a monitoring group said. Syria’s military confirmed that a plane on a reconnaissance mission had been shot down and said it was hit by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot had bailed out and efforts were underway to rescue him, […]





