Facebook plugin URL unsupported

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl.exe -v "https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgov.sg%2Fvideos%2F10154383743583686%2F&show_text=0&width=5
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[debug] System config: []                                                                                                                                       
[debug] User config: []                                                                                                                                         
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgov.sg%2Fvideos%2F10154383743583686%2F&show_
text=0&width=560']                                                                                                                                              
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252                                                                                               
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.08.31                                                                                                                           
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1                                                                                                           
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-74113-gcdb0225, ffprobe N-74113-gcdb0225                                                                                         
[debug] Proxy map: {}                                                                                                                                           
[generic] video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/gov: Requesting header                                                                                        
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.                                                                                                         
[generic] video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/gov: Downloading webpage                                                                                      
[generic] video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/gov: Extracting information                                                                                   
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgov.sg%2Fvideos%2F10154383743583686%2F&show_text=0&widt
h=560                                                                                                                                                           
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                                              
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6cf1z6ka\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 691, in extract_info                         
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6cf1z6ka\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 347, in extract                       
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6cf1z6ka\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2388, in _real_extract               
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgov.sg%2Fvideos%2F101543837
43583686%2F&show_text=0&width=560                                                                                                                               

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

When I try to download the video from this link

https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgov.sg%2Fvideos%2F10154383743583686%2F&show_text=0&width=560 ,

youtube-dl returns the Unsupported URL error.