US plane shoots down Syrian aircraft that attacked US-backed fighters

Central command says plane downed in ‘collective self-defense’Syrian army says US coalition shot down plane flying against Isis militantsA US warplane shot down a Syrian army jet on Sunday in the southern Raqqa countryside. Washington said the jet had dropped bombs near US-backed forces. Damascus said the plane was downed while flying a mission against Islamic State militants.
A Syrian army statement released on state television said the plane crashed and the pilot was missing. It sa