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Thursday 18 Jun 2015 - 13:57 Makkah mean time-1-9-1436
Iraqi Su-25 fighter jet (Image from Internet)
Ramadi (IINA) – The Islamic State (IS) militants said Thursday they had shot down an Iraqi fighter jet north of the city of Ramadi in Anbar Province, Reuters reported.
It was not immediately possible to independently confirm the claim made on one of IS’s Twitter accounts. A member of an anti-IS Sunni force called Sahwa (Awakening) said an Iraqi fighter jet, a Russian-made Su-25, was seen in flames as it crashed after being shot down north of Ramadi.
The IS Twitter site said the fighter jet had been shot down as it conducted a raid on areas north of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Sunni heartland Anbar.
IS militants seized Ramadi last month and the city is a focal point of efforts to slow the group's advances in Iraq, a major oil producer and OPEC member.
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