A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_missile_strikes_(September_2018)" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria missile strikes (September 2018)">brought down</a> by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.<sup about="#mwt97" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_17#cite_note-17" id="mwAW4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAW8">[17]</span></a></sup>
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