The IS, also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, searched the surrounding area for hours before finding the pilot, identified as Azzam Eid, the human rights group said.
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The attack, the first to hit the Syrian capital since the cease-fire between government forces and the rebels went into effect on February 27, was another sign that the truce may be unraveling.
The video starts with a black panel reading in English: “Wreckage of the Warplane Shot down by Islamic State Fighters East of Mt. Dakwah in the Eastern Countryside of Damascus”. Last summer, Syrian government forces fired missiles at the town’s center on market day at rush hour.
The Turkish military normally responds by firing back at targets in Syria, in line with its rules of engagement.
Syria has been fighting an all-out war since 2011, with troops loyal to President Bashar Assad battling rebels and Islamist extremists, including terror groups recruiting foreign fighters like Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State.
On Friday, the United Nations special envoy for Syria vowed to take the talks into next week despite the opposition suspending their involvement. It coincided with a walkout by the main Syrian opposition alliance, the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee, from peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the five-year conflict.
Regime aerial bombardment left two civilians dead in the district of Shaar and another in Bab al-Nayrab, the source added. “Most of the areas that were under the ceasefire are now seeing fighting again”, he said.
It was the second day of deadly strikes on Aleppo, after 25 civilians were killed and another 40 wounded in air strikes on Friday.
The Observatory says eight people, including two children, were killed by airstrikes and shelling on the opposition-held side of the city.
In the rebel-held town of Douma, 13 people – including three women and two children – were killed in government shelling on the city.
Kurdish forces, who have carved out a zone of semi-autonomy in northern Syria, seized the Alaya prison in Qamishli on Thursday after government forces inside it surrendered.
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On the other hand, the government-held side of the city is still the home of more than 1 million people, but the level of casualties and destruction in there has been really lower compared to those in the opposition-held areas.
