ISIS captures Syrian Airforce pilot after plane crashes southeast of Damascus

 Isis fighters have captured the pilot of a Syrian warplane they claim to have downed near the country's capital.

"The pilot, called Azzam Eid, from Hama was captured after he fell by parachute near the site where his plane crashed east of Damascus," 
The the plane belonged to the Syrian Air Force and crashed because of a technical fault.


"The plane had recently undergone repairs... there was no attack from the ground. It crashed because of a technical fault. The pilot ejected," Interfax quoted the source as saying.

Fighting is raging in the area around Dumeir airport between forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, Isis and the Syrian opposition.

The Islamic State overran part of the region earlier this month, capturing hundreds of civilan workers from a cement factory, including several who were later massacred.