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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 07:27 PM Jun 2017

(Breaking) Syrian warplane shot down by US-led coalition

Source: CNN

A Syrian warplane was shot down near Raqqa by the United States-led coalition after the regime wounded Syrian Democratic Force fighters in an earlier attack, the US-led coalition said.

The coalition shot down a Syrian plane in self-defense after a regime SU-22 dropped bombs near SDF forces, the statement said.
A number of SDF forces, which are backed by the US-led coalition, were wounded in the attack, the statement said.

The Syrian Armed Forces, meanwhile, said one of its warplanes was attacked in the Raqqa countryside, "while it was carrying out a combatant mission against ISIS terrorist organization." The pilot is missing, The Syrian Armed Forces said. The general command called the action a "flagrant aggression" that affirmed the United States' "real stance in support of terrorism," according to Syrian Armed Forces.

"The attack stresses coordination between the US and ISIS, and it reveals the evil intentions of the US in administrating terrorism and investing it to pass the US-Zionist project in the region."

Developing story - more to come

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/18/middleeast/syrian-warplane-shot-down-coalition/index.html

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(Breaking) Syrian warplane shot down by US-led coalition (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Jun 2017 OP
meh Lithos Jun 2017 #1
"US - Zionist project". Asshat. 7962 Jun 2017 #2
Boilerplate. Igel Jun 2017 #5
Donnie is in for a stern phone call from his boss in Russia LiberalLovinLug Jun 2017 #3
Naahhhh.... Red Mountain Jun 2017 #4
No one seems to want to say this but Lokilooney Jun 2017 #6

Lokilooney

(322 posts)
6. No one seems to want to say this but
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 12:47 AM
Jun 2017

The best outcome from the start in Ira er, Syria is to let Sada er, Assad retain power and for everything to go back to where they were before.

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