The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not clear whether the plane crashed due to a technical fault or was hit by a missile fired by insurgents.
Militants led by al Qaeda's Nusra Front have consolidated gains since Friday in southern Aleppo around the strategic town of Khan Touman. (Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi)War jet crashes near Syria's Aleppo, cause unknown: monitoring group
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