Summary
Rebels shot down a Syrian government warplane with anti-aircraft fire Wednesday in the western province of Hama, forcing its pilot to eject, an activist group and an insurgent media spokesman said.
Rebels have brought down government aircraft before in Syria's civil war but only rarely as they lack significant anti-aircraft capability.
Other rebels said in June that they had shot down a MiG in southern Syria.
Syrian and Russian air raids continue to target rebels in western and northwestern Syria – particularly in the embattled provinces of Hama, Homs, Idlib and Aleppo – more than a month after Moscow's intervention.
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