Iran's unmanned plane landing in Syria 2

US officials say the US-led coalition has shot down a Iranian drone manufactured in Syria. A US Defense Department official confirmed to Fox News that the plane was shot down by US Air Force F-15 fighter jets in the area near Al-Tanf, where the United States was training military personnel. Local fighters with IS. The area was also where the United States attacked the Syrian government's pro-government forces in May. CNN cited US military sources as saying US forces believed the plane was shot down armed and posed a threat. they. This is Iran's second Iran-made unmanned aircraft shot down in Syria this month. It is thought to be a Shahed 129, the only unmanned aircraft equipped with Iranian military weapons.

 On June 8, US forces shot down an Iranian-made unmanned drone in southern Syria. Officials described the plane as being shot down similar in size to the MQ-1 Predator, the US military's first generation unmanned aircraft. On June 18, the United States shot down a Syrian fighter jet on the grounds that Syrian aircraft bombed Syrian-backed Syrian-backed Syrian-Democratic forces. However, Syrian troops say the aircraft is on a mission against the Islamic State Organization (IS) in Raqqa, which is considered the capital of the IS in Syria. This is the first time the US shot down a Syrian government plane. The Wall Street Journal said the move showed that the administration of President Donald Trump did not hesitate to confront directly the administration of President Bashar al-Assad and his allies. The incident has left Moscow angry and threatened to retaliate. The Russian Defense Ministry says it will target any aircraft entering the Syrian airspace without the active Russian troops. Russia also announced a cease-fire hotline with the United States to prevent airborne conflicts in Syria.