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Men inspect the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that had been shot down in the north of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, Syria August 1, 2016. The Mi-8 helicopter was shot down while returning to the Russian air base on Syria's coast after delivering humanitarian goods to the city of Aleppo, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter had three crew members and two officers deployed with the Russian center at the Hemeimeem air base on the Syrian coast. “From what we know from information provided by the Defense Ministry, all those who were on the helicopter died”, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told journalists. The ministry statement released earlier said their fate was still unknown. (Photo by Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)
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