Syrian Air Force warplane goes down in eastern Suwayda

The Syrian military said one of its Soviet-built jet fighter aircraft has crashed in the country’s southernmost province of Suwayda, where Syrian government forces, backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups, continue to gain ground in their fight against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants.

An unnamed military source told privately-owned and pro-government al-Ikhbariya al-Soriyah television news network that an investigation was underway to determine what caused the crash.

The report did not provide any information about the fate of the pilot.

Earlier, a spokesman for Western-backed Jaish Osoud al Sharqiya militant group had alleged that Takfiri terrorists had shot down a Syrian MiG military jet in a desert area near the border with Jordan.

“It was downed in Wadi Mahmoud in eastern Sweida countryside. The wreckage fell in the area and we think the pilot has dropped in a parachute. The search is going on to find him,” Saad al-Haj claimed.