MOSCOW, Feb 15 US military shot down a drone in Syria , allegedly Iranian-made, the aircraft allegedly carried out reconnaissance near a US base in the northeast of the country, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
«February 14, at approximately 2:30 pm local time, US forces in Syria engaged and shot down an Iranian-made drone attempting to reconnoiter the Konoko Mission Support Site, a patrol base in northeast Syria,» — according to a CENTCOM statement posted on the official US Central Command Twitter page.
US military forces illegally control a number of territories in the north and northeast of Syria. Official Damascus has repeatedly called the presence of the US military on its territory occupation and state piracy with the aim of outright theft of oil.