Activists: IS shoots down warplane over Syria | Inquirer News

Activists: IS shoots down warplane over Syria

/ 05:38 PM December 24, 2014

This Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 photo shows what remains in Kobani, Syria after fighting between Islamic State militants, Kurdish fighters and US-led airstrikes. Here, Kurdish fighters backed by small numbers of Iraqi peshmerga forces and Syrian rebels, are battling what they see as an existential battle against the militants who swept into their town in mid-September as part of a summer blitz that saw the group seize large chunks of territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq.(AP Photo/Jake Simkin)

This Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 photo shows what remains in Kobani, Syria after fighting between Islamic State militants, Kurdish fighters and US-led airstrikes. AP

BEIRUT— Activists say that Islamic State fighters have shot down a warplane believed to be from the U.S.-led coalition over Syria.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the aircraft was shot down Wednesday near the northern city of Raqqa, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital.

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The Observatory said the warplane was part of the U.S.-led coalition, adding that the captured pilot is an Arab.

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Another group, the Raqqa Media Center, that covers areas under IS control in Raqqa claimed that the pilot is Jordanian.

The U.S.-led coalition has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against IS positions in Syria since Sept. 23.

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Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have joined in airstrikes against the extremist group, while Qatar is providing logistical support.

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