Source: The Drive
By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Syrian air defense forces may have accidentally shot down a Russian Il-20 Coot electronic intelligence aircraft during an attempt to respond to apparent Israeli air strikes against targets in Syria’s coastal Latakia governorate. Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense claims that a French frigate may have been responsible and the French have yet to confirm or deny that they had anything to do with the loss of the aircraft.
On Sept. 17, 2018, CNN, citing an unnamed U.S. government official, reported that the U.S. military believed Syrian surface-to-air missiles had brought down the Il-20. The Russian Defense Ministry did confirm the aircraft had gone missing in the early hours of Sept. 18, 2018, local time in Syria, but did not say who or what might have been responsible for the crash.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23655/russian-il-20-surveillance-plane-went-down-off-syrian-coast-during-israeli-missile-barrage