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| Jordan: ISIL didn't down plane in Syria | |
| 2014-12-27 | |
| A Jordanian army general on Thursday denied reports that a Jordanian air force plane was shot down in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group, Anadolu agency reported. In a statement that was published by the website of the Jordanian army, the general added that early indications had showed that the plane was not shot down by ISIL, which controls the Syrian city. Nevertheless, the general went on to say that it was difficult to determine the reason why the plane fell down.
On Wednesday, ISIL claimed that it had shot down a Jordanian air force plane that launched strikes against the targets of the militant movement in the Syrian city. The Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday that there were indications that ISIL did not down the aircraft. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |