“One of our military aircraft, whose task was to destroy the headquarters of the Jebhat al-Nusra terrorist group * in the Tamaniya region, was shot down on August 14 by a missile launched by terrorist armed groups based in the region,” RIA Novosti quoted the source as saying.
According to Anadolu, the Syrian Air Force Su-22 fighter was shot down by militants, and the pilot was captured.
In July 2018, the Israeli army reported that it shot down a Syrian air force plane.
As stated in the command of the Syrian army, the downed plane was a Su-22 fighter.
* “Jabhat al-Nusra” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.