User talk:Ving rhames

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Russian helicopter shot down over Syria

Russian acknowledged one of their military helicopters was shot down today over Syria, killing the entire complement of five people aboard. This is the largest loss of Russian personnel Russia has officially recognized in their syrian opetations since those operatios began last september. These operations have been on going in support of syria's president Bashar al-Assad against rebels in the syrian civil war which has so far lasted five years.Russian officials have said the helicopter had just delivered humanitarian aid to Aleppo and was returning to Russia's main air base in Latakia.Aleppo has been besieged since rebel-held areas in the Eastern part of the city were cut off by government forces last month .The helicopter was shot down over the province of idib,where the dominant power is an alliance of rebel forces,including jihadist factions.islamic state reportedly is not known to be active there .Russia is involvement in syria has been controversial,and the west have said it is aiding a brutal crack down by the Assad regime.According to Russian president viadmir putin, the target of the Russian campaign is islamist terrorism.Ving rhames Ving rhames (talk) 19:11, 4 August 2016 (UTC)