Rebel fighters on Thursday shot down a helicopter in Douma, a town east of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, although state media said the aircraft crashed.
"A helicopter went down in the Tall al-Kurdi area near Douma," said the Britain-based Observatory, citing activists in the area. It "was shot down by rebels" following a series of explosions.
Syrian state television said the helicopter crashed, while the official news agency SANA only reported that the aircraft had gone down.
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