Israel shoots down Syrian warplane over Golan

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The Israeli military has shot down a Syrian aircraft that it said had infiltrated it airspace over the Golan Heights.

Tuesday's incident was the most serious incident to take place on the strategic plateau since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.

Army radio said it was apparently a MiG-21 fighter jet which was shot down by a surface-to-air Patriot missile, with the wreckage landing on the Syrian-controlled side of the plateau.

There was no official confirmation over the type of the aircraft.

Israel has largely stayed on the sidelines of Syria's civil war raging across the border, but its leaders appear increasingly nervous about the possibility of al-Qaeda-linked fighters occupying the Golan's high ground over northern Israel.

Syrian state TV quoted a military source saying the downing of the plane, which coincided with US-led air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria(ISIL), came "in the framework of [Israel's] support for the terrorist [ISIL] and the Nusra Front".

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