Free Syrian Army claims to have shot down MiG-23, captured pilot

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) say they shot a MiG-23 and the pilot was captured. Syria blamed the crash on a technical malfunction.

The plane is said to have been shot down over the town of Mohassen in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zor.

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