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Crew of crashed Syrian helicopter captured by Islamists - media

The crew of a Syrian military helicopter that crashed in the northwestern Idlib province has been captured by gunmen of the Jabhat al-Nusra group, Lebanese Daily Star on-line said on Sunday.

According to Daily Star, Islamists captured four of the crew and one more man was killed by armed men in a neighbouring village.

Earlier on Sunday, SANA news agency reported a crash of a Syrian military helicopter in the Idlib province, said on Sunday. According to SANA, the accident was caused by a technical malfunction.