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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:59 PM Mar 2015

U.S. loses contact with drone aircraft over Syria: U.S. official

Source: Reuters

The United States lost contact with an unarmed drone aircraft flying over Syria's Latakia province, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, after Syrian state media reported that Syrian air defenses had brought down a U.S. surveillance aircraft.

A second U.S. official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was unclear whether the aircraft was shot down and said the incident was being investigated.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-mideast-crisis-syria-drone-idUSKBN0MD2DP20150317

previously:

Syria says brings down U.S. drone: SANA news agency
Source: Reuters

Syria's state news agency SANA said on Tuesday its air defenses brought down a U.S. surveillance plane in the coastal province of Latakia.

"Syrian air defenses brought down a hostile U.S. surveillance plane in northern Latakia," SANA said in a bulletin, without giving further details.

It was the first such incident since the U.S.-led coalition began carrying out air strikes against the hardline militant Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria last summer.

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U.S. loses contact with drone aircraft over Syria: U.S. official (Original Post) Bosonic Mar 2015 OP

Oops! Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #1

Doesn't that airspace belong to Syria? By what right are US drones flying over it? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #2

New headline at link: U.S. loses drone over Syria, which claims to have brought it down Eugene Mar 2015 #3

Wellstone ruled

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1. Oops!

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Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:20 PM

Mar 2015

Comrade Grumpy

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2. Doesn't that airspace belong to Syria? By what right are US drones flying over it?

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Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:32 PM

Mar 2015

Eugene

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3. New headline at link: U.S. loses drone over Syria, which claims to have brought it down

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Tue Mar 17, 2015, 09:29 PM

Mar 2015

Source: Reuters

U.S. loses drone over Syria, which claims to have brought it down

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:42pm EDT

(Reuters) - The United States lost contact with an unarmed Predator drone over Syria on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, stopping short of confirming the plane was taken down by Syrian air defenses, as reported by Syrian state media.

"At this time, we have no information to corroborate press reports that the aircraft was shot down," a U.S. defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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