Russian news report: Syrian pilot killed by Israeli missile

Amran Mara’e, a Syrian pilot, is killed after Israel struck down the plane he was flying while on a mission targeting Islamic State fortifications in southern Syria, a Syrian military source tells Sputnik, a Russian government-backed news outlet.

The IDF said on Tuesday that it shot down a Syrian plane after it entered its airspace.

The fate of a second pilot, who was in the plane with Mara’e, was unknown as of Tuesday afternoon, the military source adds.

— Adam Rasgon

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