US MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes in northern Syria
A US drone operating as part of the so-called coalition against Daesh (ISIL) in Syria has crashed in the north of the country.
The United States military MQ-9 Reaper drone was engaged in a combat mission Tuesday when it came down.
The US Air Force made the announcement, further asserting that the drone was not hit by Daesh terrorists and not captured by them following the crash.
"The MQ-9 was destroyed by coalition aircraft and is not in enemy hands," the Air Force said, adding that an investigation was underway for more details regarding the accident.
The air raids in Syria are an extension of the US-led aerial campaign against alleged Daesh positions in Iraq, which started in August 2014. Many have criticized the ineffectiveness of the raids.
According to the Air Forces Central Command, the drones have been “heavily involved” in the air raids.
“Reapers and their smaller cousin, the MQ-1 Predator, have flown roughly one-third of all Air Force sorties against the extremists,” read a report by Air Force Times.
This is while the US and some of its regional allies, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have been implicated in support for the Takfiri groups there.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since 2011. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions more displaced as a result of the crisis in the war-ravaged Muslim country.
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