Syrian helicopter shot down in Idlib as strikes kill 12 civilians

A Syrian regime helicopter was shot down on Tuesday in the province of Idlib as a military offensive continued, with strikes killing at least 12 civilians in the country's last rebel pocket. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the aircraft crashed near the village of Qaminas, southeast of Idlib city, after being hit by a rocket fired by Turkish forces. Ankara, which supports Syrian armed groups in the rebel enclave in north-west Syria, acknowledged the...