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US State Dept Unable to Confirm Su-22 Fighter Downed by Syrian Opposition

© AFP 2023 / OMAR HAJ KADOURA general view shows the wreckage of a government warplane after Al-Nusra front (Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate) reportedly shot it down over the northern Syrian town of Al-Eis on April 5, 2016
A general view shows the wreckage of a government warplane after Al-Nusra front (Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate) reportedly shot it down over the northern Syrian town of Al-Eis on April 5, 2016 - Sputnik International
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US State Department deputy spokesperson stated that United States is unable to confirm at the moment whether Syria’s Su-22 fighter jet was downed by opposition forces.

A pilot parachutes from a plane that was shot down, in this still image taken from video footage said to be shot in Al Eiss, Aleppo province, Syria, and uploaded to a social media website on April 5, 2016. - Sputnik International
Syrian Fighter Jet Downed Near Aleppo - Source
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The United States is unable to confirm at the moment whether Syria’s Su-22 fighter jet was downed by opposition forces, US State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner stated on Wednesday.

“I just don’t have any more information to provide in terms of whether we believe it was shot down by the opposition forces,” Toner said in a press briefing.

A spokesman for the Syrian military command told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that Su-22 fighter jet from the Syrian Air Force was downed by militants in the province of Aleppo while conducting military tasks, and they were trying to find out the fate of the pilot.

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