US shot down NATO allies drone, Pentagon an American fighter jet shot down a Turkish strike drone over Northern Syria the Pentagon has officially confirmed the anchor s UAV was said to have approached the area in Haka Province where US forces were operating the Drone was deemed a Potential Threat and
was brought down by fire from an F-16 fighter AFP reported quoting the US Department of Defense the confirmation came after the unnamed Us official told the Wall Street Journal that the Turkish drone had been armed with air to ground missiles and was destroyed as American troops were conducting operations nearby unconfirmed reports spoke of an F35 from The 421st Fighter Squadron being responsible for the kill the 421st operates both f-35s and f-16s however the Turkish Defense Ministry denied that the Drone
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was one of theirs but officials who spoke with the Wall Street Journal said the US military had confed confirmed the uav's provence and acted in full awareness of it this incident is the first time the US has shut down an aircraft belonging to Turkey a member of NATO and a military ally of Washington Turkish drones had been bumming the positions of Syrian Democratic forces the us-backed group controlling Northeastern Syria in reprisal for Sunday's terrorist bombing in Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants turkey considers the Kurdistan Workers Party militia in Syria the extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party which it had designated a terrorist group Kurdistan Workers Party Fighters make up the majority of Syrian Democratic forces and have recently clashed with their Arab colleagues in the deer aor Province an estimated 900 US troops are currently in Syria helping the Syrian Democratic forces control agricultural land and oil wells in territories captured from Islamic State terrorists years ago the government in Damascus has denounced their presence as illegal and accused Washington of stealing Syrian oil to which the US has not responded .
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