Syrian activists say Islamic State militants have shot down a plane
believed to be from the U.S.-led coalition that has been targeting the
group with airstrikes for the past three months....
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday
the plane went down near Raqqa. The city is the main stronghold for the
militants who seized large areas in eastern Syria and northern and
western Iraq earlier this year.
The Observatory said the pilot was believed to be an Arab, and the Islamic State group released pictures it says show its fighters holding the pilot.
Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are all taking part in the airstrikes in Syria. There was no immediate comment from the coalition members.
Since late September, the U.S.-led group has conducted about 550 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria.
[voanews.com]
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The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday
the plane went down near Raqqa. The city is the main stronghold for the
militants who seized large areas in eastern Syria and northern and
western Iraq earlier this year.The Observatory said the pilot was believed to be an Arab, and the Islamic State group released pictures it says show its fighters holding the pilot.
Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are all taking part in the airstrikes in Syria. There was no immediate comment from the coalition members.
Since late September, the U.S.-led group has conducted about 550 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria.
[voanews.com]
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The Jordanian army said on Wednesday one of its pilots was captured by Islamic State militants after his plane was downed during coalition air raids in Syria...
ReplyDelete"Jordan holds the group and its supporters responsible for the safety of the pilot and his life," an army statement read on state television said.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Jordan-confirms-one-of-its-pilots-captured-in-Syria-during-air-raid-385605
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The father of a Jordanian pilot captured in Syria on Wednesday by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group voiced hope that his son would return home safe and sound...
ReplyDelete"I received the news from a senior Jordanian Air Force official who reaffirmed that the army had already started efforts to rescue my son," Safi al-Kasasba, father of captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasba, told The Anadolu Agency by phone.
"Officials confirmed that King Abdullah II is personally keen on rescuing Moaz and returning him safe and sound," he added.
The Jordanian army had earlier confirmed that one of its warplanes had been shot down in Syria and its pilot, Moaz al-Kasasba, captured by the ISIL...............http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/440293--isil-shoots-down-jet-captures-arab-pilot-in-syria
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Ban Ki-moon Calls on Islamic State to Treat Jordanian Pilot Lawfully...
ReplyDeleteUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Islamic State (IS) to adhere to international humanitarian law in treating the Jordanian pilot it has captured, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for Ban, said.
“The Secretary General calls on his captors to treat the pilot in accordance with international humanitarian law. Obviously the Secretary General is following the situation very closely and is deeply concerned with continued use of violence,” Dujarric said............http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20141224/1016202217.html
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Islamic State did not shoot down Jordan plane, says US ...
ReplyDeleteThe Jordanian plane that crashed in Syria was not shot down by Islamic State (IS) militants, the US says.
The plane was lost in IS territory on Wednesday morning, and the pilot has been captured.
IS militants said that they shot down the plane with a heat-seeking missile. However, the US says "evidence clearly indicates" that this is not true.
Jordan is one of four Arab states in a US-led coalition that has launched air strikes on IS targets in Syria.
The F-16 fighter jet is the first coalition aircraft to be lost on IS territory since air strikes began in September.
IS fighters have published photographs showing the pilot being captured. They named the pilot as Flight Lieutenant Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh.
In a statement, US Central Command (Centcom) said it strongly condemned the actions of IS, and confirmed the group "has taken captive the downed pilot".
It did not say what could have caused the plane to crash.
However, it said it would not tolerate IS's "attempts to misrepresent or exploit this unfortunate aircraft crash for their own purposes".
"Evidence clearly indicates that Isil [IS] did not down the aircraft as the terrorist organisation is claiming," it added..............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30600500
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