ISIL fighters 'trained to fly warplanes' in Syria.

Reports== have emerged that members of ISIL have been trained to pilot three captured fighter jets in Syria. 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said witnesses reported the planes were flown around the military airport in Aleppo, it is unknown whether the jets are equipped with functioning weapons. The insurgents were said to be trained by Saddam Hussein's former pilots.

The US military said it was unaware of any flight operations in Syria or elsewhere.