Reports: IS shot down Syria plane

BEIRUT: Islamic State shot down a Syrian military plane in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, the Islamic State-affiliated news agency Amaq said on Sunday.

BEIRUT: Islamic State shot down a Syrian military plane in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, the Islamic State-affiliated news agency Amaq said on Sunday.

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“A Syrian warplane belonging to the Syrian regime was brought down when targeted by fighters from the Islamic State in the city of Deir al-Zor,” Amaq said in an online statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights aid the pilot of the MiG Syrian warplane was killed.

The monitor said the plane came down in the Jebel Tharda area which overlooks the Syrian government’s Deir al Zor military airport.