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US F-15E shot down a UAS near the Green Village military base in eastern Syria

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SCOOP: A US F-15E shot down a UAS near the Green Village military base in eastern Syria yesterday. I'm also told a general officer was flying the F-15E and fired the AIM-9X. The ownership and identity of the UAS is not being released. Story: 🔒https://t.co/kxv5KHnJqM
— Steve Trimble (@TheDEWLine) August 22, 2021

The Times of Israel adds:

A Fox News journalist reported that the drone was Iranian, and was shot down "after flying ’too close’ to some of the 900 US troops deployed" in eastern Syria.

Drones purported to be Iranian have been shot down by Israeli forces after being flown from the direction of Syria in the past. In 2020, Israel claimed to have a foiled a massive plot involving the use of Iranian attack drones flown from the Syrian Golan into Israel.
Posted by: Fred 2021-08-23

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