Syrian army claims it shot down Israeli warplane and a drone

The Syrian army said on Tuesday it had shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone in Syria after an Israeli attack on a Syrian army position in southern Syria, state media reported.

The state-run SANA news agency said the warplane had attacked an army position at 1am on Tuesday in the countryside of Syria’s southern Quneitra province. It and a drone were then shot down.

Read the report in the Sydney Morning Herald.