Sunday, April 17, 2016

IS Surveillance Drones Shot Down in Western Iraq

IS Surveillance Drones Shot Down in Western Iraq - BasNews preview image


ANBAR — Iraqi Security forces have shot down two drones allegedly belonging to Islamic State (IS) in the west of the country.

On Saturday April 16, Ismael Mahlawi, an army commander, revealed that his men shot down an IS surveillance drone in Amriyah district of western Anbar province, using light and standard arms only.

He also confirmed that they had previously brought down another IS drone in the same area which was surveying the Iraqi army movements.

A Kurdish Peshmerga commander previously warned that IS insurgents, especially in their stronghold of Mosul, have the technical capacity to develop ordinary drones into surveillance drone to monitor Peshmerga and Iraqi forces’ positions.

The Peshmerga forces have also shot down few IS drones in northern Iraq.



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