It is claimed that the Russian IL-76T cargo plane carrying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad crashed.

Axar.az reports that "Syria News" published information about this.

It is noted that the plane left Damascus and went to an unknown destination, probably to Russia. The plane then descended from 12,000 feet to 3,500 feet outside Lebanese airspace, north of Akkar, in just a few minutes.

According to the claim, an explosion occurred in the village of Al-Suwayri, located in the west of Khums. So, it was reported that Assad's plane was shot down or crashed.

A map of the trajectory of IL-76T, which allegedly carried Assad, was also released.