Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Israel Says It Has Shot Down A Syrian Aircraft

The Israeli Air Force shot down a Syrian plane approaching Israel’s border. Developing…


The Israeli Air Force says it has downed a Syrian aircraft with a Patriot missile as it approached Israeli territory, Haaretz reported.


The Israeli Air Force says it has downed a Syrian aircraft with a Patriot missile as it approached Israeli territory, Haaretz reported.


Haaretz is reporting that the aircraft in question was MiG-21 fighter jet.


However, Israeli radio had said that the aircraft was a drone, which was shot down over Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, where fighting in Syria's bitter civil war has occasionally spilled into Reuters reported. . Israeli Army Radio says it may have been a warplane.


The aircraft is believed to have crashed in the Quneitra area on the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border.


This is the first time Israel has downed a Syrian plane since 1989.


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