Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet it said had breached its airspace

BEIRUT — Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet it said had breached its airspace on Tuesday, as Syrian forces reached the Golan Heights frontier for the first time in seven years.
The Israeli military said it monitored the advance of the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet and shot it down with a pair of Patriot missiles after it penetrated Israeli airspace by about two kilometers (1.2 miles).
Syrian forces have been battling rebels and Islamic State militants at the frontier with Israel in recent w