Syria monitor: rebels shoot down warplane south of Aleppo

UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says al-Qaida affiliated rebels downed plane with surface-to-air missile Syrian rebels have shot down a government fighter jet over southern Aleppo province as renewed fighting across swathes of the country threatened to upend a fragile truce. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels from the Nusra Front brought down the Sukhoi-22 on Tuesday in an area where the al-Qaida-affiliated fighters have come under heavy bombardment since t...