Israel Shoots Down Syrian MiG Fighter Jet Over Golan Heights

[cali]

- Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet after it entered the country's airspace on Tuesday, an official said. “A Syrian aircraft infiltrated into Israeli airspace. The [Israeli Defense Forces] intercepted the aircraft in mid-flight, using the Patriot air defense system,” an IDF spokesman told NBC News, adding that the plane was thought to be a MiG. "The circumstances of the incident are being reviewed.”

This is the first time that Israel has intercepted a Syrian aircraft since 1989. The official Israeli policy is to not to interfere in Syria's raging civil war, but officials have warned that anything that crosses the border will get shot down. A drone from Syria was shot down on Aug. 31 and shells from the fighting in Syria periodically land in the Golan Heights.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-shoots-down-syrian-mig-fighter-jet-over-golan-heights-n209406

great timing from our close ally, eh?

[Egnever]

1. Yea they seem to be trying to ensure their irrelevance