Moscow, Shawwal 27, 1437, August 01, 2016, SPA -- A Russian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Syria on Monday, killing all five people on board, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said; according to dpa. "They died heroically," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency TASS. The helicopter, carrying three crew members and two officers from Russia's centre for reconciliation of the Syrian conflict, was shot down in Syria's north-western Idlib province, the Defence Ministry said in comments carried by the Interfax news agency. The helicopter was returning to the Khmeimim air base on Syria's north-western coast after delivering humanitarian aid to the city of Aleppo when it was shot down by fire from the ground, the ministry said. --SPA 16:27 LOCAL TIME 13:27 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w