BAGHDAD / NINA / A military source and announced on Friday the crash of a helicopter and the death of its two pilots near Baiji refinery in Salah al-Din province.

The source said in a press statement that the helicopter was confronting the IS forces that tried to attack on our units, in Baiji refinery and was hit directly and the pilots were killed as a result of hitting the ground and that the military forces in the region are trying to evacuate the bodies of the martyrs.

The source did not mention the type of the plane that was crashed ./ End