Free Syrian Army forces are claiming to have shot down a Syrian army plane on Friday over the capital Damascus,
According to the Syrian Local Coordination Committee, a Russian-made MiG warplane was shot down over the rebel-held Kalamun region of Damascus.
Syrian officials have yet to make a statement on the claim.
The country has been gripped by almost constant fighting since the regime launched a violent crackdown in response to anti-government protests in March 2011, triggering a conflict, which has spiraled into a civil war.
The UN has stopped updating its death toll for the country because an official count had become too difficult to verify. At least 100,000 deaths were recorded in the last official count in July 2013.
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