The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The Syrian dessert pilot and more than 30 captives released

The SOHR learned that Jaysh Usud Al-Sharqiyah and Ahmad Al-Abdo Forces released more than 31 members of the regime forces and their allied militiamen, including the pilot whose warplane was shot down out of the skies of Al-Suwaidaa desert on the 15th of August 2017. Information was reported that the regime forces released tens of captives based on promises made by a regional country.

The SOHR published on the 15th of August 2017 that Jaysh Usud Al-Sharqiyah and Ahmad Al-Abdo Forces managed to capture the pilot of the plane it shot out of the skies of Al-Suwaidaa dessert after targeting it from Wadi Mahmoud area.