A small aircraft used by the Syrian military crashed on Sunday near Damascus killing three people, witnesses and the official news agency said. A technical fault caused the crash of the Navajo plane, which belonged to a department linked to the Syrian military, the agency said. "The accident killed the crew of three," the agency said.
Three people wearing military uniforms were pulled out of the wreckage among olive trees in the Muadamiet al-Sham district, 7 km (4 miles) west of Damascus. "The plane was swaying violently before it hit the ground," said a resident of the area.