article_snippet: One of at least four airmen captured by the militants after the militants Syrian Air Force helicopter crash-landed has appeared in a new propaganda video that calls for the release of a radical cleric.
article_snippet: Gathered around: Islamist rebels captured four crew members when a helicopter crashed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said .
article_snippet: The SOHR stated that opposition fighters, including from the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, had taken four crew members prisoner.
article_snippet: ‘Four of four crew members were captured and a fifth man was killed by armed men in a neighbouring village.
article_snippet: SOHR head Rami Abdel Rahman said two of the servicemen were being held by Nusra Front, while the other two were captured by an unknown Islamist group.
highlights_snippet: Airman was among at least four people captured near Idlib yesterday .
  