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A Russian airliner carrying 14 soldiers disappeared during an overnight flight off the Syrian coast, in conjunction with an Israeli missile attack on the city of Latakia in western Syria, Moscow announced in an escalation that provokes regional tension and comes after the announcement of a Russian-Turkish agreement on Idlib, the last stronghold of the opposition factions Of the regime in the northwest.

Damascus did not give any information about the Russian plane, and did not specify the party responsible for the implementation of the «aggression» on Lattakia, at the time the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights killed at least two people, pointing out that the missiles targeted «warehouses ammunition».

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Monday night in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that «the communication cut off the crew of the plane + El-20+ while flying over the Mediterranean Sea, 35 kilometers from the Syrian coast on the way back to the base of Hameimim air», the main air base To Moscow in western Syria.

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The plane disappeared from radar screens at around 11:00 pm (2000 GMT), according to the ministry, which reported that the fate of the crew was "unknown." She noted that the search for the aircraft is currently under way.

The Interfax news agency quoted a source in the search and rescue teams as saying that the plane, which is normally used for surveillance missions, may have sunk into the Mediterranean as a result of "an unexpected emergency."

The Russian Defense Ministry said the disappearance of the plane coincided with the raid of four Israeli F-16 fighter jets on Syrian infrastructure in the province of Latakia, one of the most prominent strongholds of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"We do not comment on foreign reports," a spokeswoman for the Israeli army declined to comment.

A Syrian military source announced hours ago that the Syrian air defense "intercepted hostile missiles coming from the sea view towards the city of Latakia," and "intercepted a number of them before reaching their goals," the official Syrian media reported.

The official media said at night that it was "not clear the source" of the attack. The morning am. Syrian television broadcast footage that showed repeated flashes.