Syrian opposition fighters on Tuesday shot down an Assad regime warplane in the Hama province.

Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces managed to strike the warplane while it was conducting airstrikes in Hama.

“A regime L-39 warplane was hit near the villages of Abu Dali and Al Qaryatayn by antiaircraft batteries,” Mustafa al Hussein, a spokesman for the FSA affiliated Free Idlib Army, told Anadolu Agency.

Al Hussein said that regime warplanes have been attaching the same region for the last several days, which has resulted in civilian casualties.

Hama province has seen intense aerial strikes by the Russian and Syrian regime forces.