Syrian rebels down army helicopter in southwest-Observatory

A Syrian boy looks at a hole in the ground caused by an un-detonated rocket that fell following a reported air strike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Nov. 23, 2017. (AFP/Abdulmonam Eassa)

BEIRUT: Syrian insurgents brought down an army helicopter in southwest Syria on Friday, near the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitoring group said.
The Syrian military could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the aircraft went down in government territory southwest of Damascus after a missile hit it. The fate of the pilot remained unclear, the Britain-based monitor said.