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https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/statu ... 6167814144
show the pilot is alive.
He looks somewhat "worse for wear" though...
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/201 ... plane.html
The Ahmad al-Abdo Forces shot down the Syrian government MiG-21 near Wadi Mahmud in the southern province of Sweida, the group's communications head Fares al-Munjed told AFP.
"The pilot is in our hands. He is injured and being treated," Munjed said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitor, confirmed the rebel faction had shot down the plane and captured its wounded pilot.
According to Munjed, the area where the aircraft was downed is outside a ceasefire zone negotiated last month by the United States, Russia and Jordan.
Parts of Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida provinces are included in the agreement,
which has brought relative quiet to the zone though some violence has been reported.
Days after the deal went into effect, the Ahmad al-Abdo Forces hit a Syrian government jet but it landed safely in regime-controlled territory.
Munjed said his group had used a "23 millimetre anti-aircraft gun" to down the warplane on Tuesday.
"We will take care to treat the captured pilot in accordance with international law," he told AFP.