Syrian rebels have shot down a helicopter gunship over a slum in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least four people, activists said on Saturday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the helicopter was shot down with a missile on Friday over a poor area of town known as Camp Nairab.Camp Nairab is adjacent to the Nairba military airport southeast of the city, where aircraft take off to carry out attacks in northern Syria. Helicopters are used by President Bashar Assad’s forces to drop barrel bombs, crude explosives that have killed thousands of people and caused widespread destruction, especially in Aleppo.