TEHRAN (FNA)- A team of Syrian commandos launched
special operations against the terrorist group who had held captive a
Russian pilot whose Sukhoi-24 fighter was shot down on Tuesday and freed
him.
According to
al-Mayadeen news channel, the Russian pilot was transferred to
al-Hmeymim air base near Lattakia city after being released.
"The searching operations lasted 6 hours and the
commandos then managed to infiltrate into the terrorists' lines and find
the Russian pilot," it added.
A Russian Su-24 was shot down by Turkey over Syria
on Tuesday. The two pilots were able to eject from the plane. One of
them is said to have been killed by the militants who sprayed bullets at
the two pilots after they ejected.
President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that
the tragedy with Russian Su-24 downed in Syria would have serious
consequences for Moscow-Ankara relations.
The Russian president underscored that "either
way, our pilots and our plane were not posing a threat to the Republic
of Turkey."
“This tragic event will have serious consequences
for Russian-Turkish relations. We have always regarded Turkey not only
as a close neighbor, but also as a friendly state. I don’t know who
needed what was done today, but we didn’t in any case,” Putin said
during a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Sochi.
Russia will analyze everything that happened
with its crashed Su-24 military aircraft in Syria, Russian President
Vladimir Putin said.
"We will, of course, carefully analyze everything that happened," Putin said at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
"Instead of contacting us immediately Turkey
addressed their NATO partners — as if it was us who downed their
plane, not vice versa. Do they want to put NATO at the service of ISIL?"
Putin said.
"Our jet fell six kilometers away from the border, within Syrian airspace."
The Russian Su-24 was directly tasked with the
fight against the ISIL, carrying out preventative airstrikes
against terrorists, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
"They were carrying out an operation to combat
ISIL. Northern Lattakia is a mountainous region where militants are
gathered, mostly natives of the Russian Federation. In this sense, they
were carrying out their direct task of preventative strikes
against terrorists who could return to Russia at any time. These are,
of course, people who must be considered international terrorists,"
Putin said at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
