Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said the U.S.-led coalition strikes were intended to sink the ceasefire. Russia's U.N. representative, Vitaly Churkin, said Russia had no "specific evidence" of U.S. collusion with Islamic State. Turkey hit Islamic State targets within Syria with warplanes, according to Dogan, the Observatory and a rebel commander. On Sunday, Islamic State said it had shot down a warplane in Deir al-Zor with "anti-aircraft" guns, the same area as the coalition strikes hit the Syrian military on Saturday. The Syrian military confirmed the loss of a warplane it said was carrying out an operation against rebels.

Source: The Star September 18, 2016 17:48 UTC