America has for the first time shot down an armed Turkish drone that wasflying near their troops in Syria. According to foreign news agencies,Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pete Rayner reported that Turkishdrones were seen conducting an aerial attack at a distance of approximatelyone kilometer from US forces in the Syrian city of Hasakah on Thursdaymorning.
A few hours later, the Turkish drone came even closer, less than akilometer away, prompting an F-16 fighter aircraft to shoot it down. It’sworth noting that Hasakah is in northeastern Syria and is primarily underthe protection of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, an important allyin the fight against ISIS.
In response, a Turkish Ministry of Defense official stated that the downeddrone did not belong to the Turkish armed forces, but they did not discloseits ownership.
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