MOSCOW – A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Feb. 6 to avoid coming under fire from Syrian air defences, Russia said on Feb. 7.
Reuters: Russia says passenger plane makes emergency landing to avoid Syrian fire
This picture taken on Feb. 3, 2020 shows smoke plumes billowing in the Syrian village of al-Nayrab, about 14 kilometers southeast of the city of Idlib in the northwestern Idlib province, during bombardment by Syrian government forces and its allies.
