Syria's coastal province of Tartus has mourned 9 military pilots were killed in Aleppo and Damascus in the last few days, according to pro-government social media pages.
Activists of the predominantly Alawite province said 4 pilots, including two top officers, were killed in Blay military airport, south of Damascus, and 5 others were killed in Quwayres military airport near the northern city of Aleppo.
Major General, Nadim Jawad Ghanem, Commander of Blay military airport, who buried in his hometown of Tartus on Friday, was killed with 13 others, news feeds said without giving further details. Some say they were killed by barrel bomb's explosion and other say by fighter jet's crash.
Syrian air force pilots have dropped thousands of barrel bombs on civilians throughout the war-torn country, killing more than 20,000 people, according to monitoring groups.
This week has witnessed high death tl amid top Syrian army commanders in Damascus, Idlib, and Aleppo.
The big news circulated early this week on Ali Mamlouk, Head of National Security Office. Activists said Mamlouk is under house arrest over leaks say he was cooperating with foreign intelligence.
Activists said Bashar al-Assad is adopting the elimination policy to kill all aids and close officers who linked to war crimes he committed since the start of Syrian uprising in March 2011.
Assad's fears come as Turkish officials confirm pact with Saudi Arabia to help rebels to oust him.
Zaman Al Wasl
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