Alwaght- Turkey found a Syrian pilot who has been injured after his fighter jet crashed in Hatay province's Altinozu, Sputnik cited Turkish media as reporting.
The Syrian pilot was first taken to the gendarmerie and then hospitalized, the NTV television channel reported.
The news comes after the Syrian army said it had lost contact with a jet performing a reconnaissance mission near the Turkish border. The military was also said to be looking for a pilot who had ejected, according to the Syrian news agency SANA.
Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group claimed on Saturday it shot down a plane, allegedly a MiG-21. Turkey's prime minister said the plane, which he said was a MIG-23, had crashed near the town of Samandag in Hatay province.
Syrian MIG-23 Jet
Debris of a crashed Syrian fighter jet were found near the Turkish border with Syria, according to the Hatay province governor.
The news comes amid the nationwide ceasefire in Syria between Damascus and Syrian rebels that came into force on December 30, and has been holding up in general, despite continued reports of violations. The UN Security Council passed a resolution in December supporting the effort.
