Syrian Air plane disappears from radar near Homs

An Il-76 aircraft of Syrian Air, which was spotted near Damascus around 5:00 Moscow time, disappeared from radar near Homs about 40 minutes into the flight. Its whereabouts are still unknown. This follows from the data of the Flightradar24 service.

According to the service, the aircraft disappeared from radar when it was flying at an altitude of 495 meters above sea level near the village of Ram al-Anz. The plane, as follows from the portal data, was moving at a speed of about 100 km / h, while at this speed the aircraft of this type can not fly.

It is noted that there is also no information about who could be on board.

Sunday morning Reuters reported that the Syrian President left Damascus. It was specified that the Syrian Air plane left the airport of the capital and headed towards the coastal region of Syria, but then turned around, then disappeared from the map.

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It was later reported that the armed opposition took control of Seidnaya prison in the suburbs of Damascus and released all prisoners.

On November 27, armed militias attacked Syrian government-controlled territory in Aleppo and Idlib provinces. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called the activation of the opposition part of the US plan against the background of Israel's defeat in Lebanon. At the same time, the White House denied its involvement in the events.

In turn, Britain, the United States, France and Germany called on all parties in Syria to de-escalate, and Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Russia strongly condemns the outbreak of the opposition. In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the Doha Forum on December 7 that it was unacceptable to allow armed groups to seize land in Syria.