US-led coalition brings down Syrian fighter jet near Raqqa
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Raqqa (Syria News) Military sources of the Syrian Democratic Forces revealed that the US-led international coalition shot down a Syrian fighter jet, in the western countryside of Raqqa, Qasioun News reported on Sunday.
The sources said that for the first time, international coalition shot down a Sukhoi 22 warplane, belonging to the Syrian regime, in the city of Tabqa, west of Raqqa, however, they did not identify the reasons behind bringing down the warplane or the destiny of its pilot.
Meanwhile, neither the Syrian regime nor international coalition issued any statement on the news regarding the warplane incident.
It is noteworthy, a military official in the Syrian Democratic Forces informed that the clash with government forces is approaching, while the latter managed to retake dozens of villages in western Raqqa, after violent battles with the Islamic State.