Twenty-five persons have been killed and dozens others wounded in a military plane crash in Jericho in Rif Aleppo, Syrian activists said Monday.

Sky News carried the news, adding that 28 government troops and 16 opposition elements were killed and wounded in clashes between the two sides in Sahl al Ghab area in Rif Hama.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the two sides exchanged firing of shells in Joureen, Tel Aawar, Freika and Soamae al Mansoura areas.