U.S. military drones were harassed three times in three days by Russian aircraft in Syria, Pentagon officials confirmed.
On Sunday, the U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said on Sunday that it had carried out a drone strike on Friday, July 7, that killed an ISIS terrorist leader in Syria and used MQ-9 Reaper drones in the attack. No other details were provided, but that those drones “earlier in the day been harassed by Russian aircraft in an encounter that had lasted almost two hours,” according to a CENTCOM statement.
“U.S. Central Command conducted a strike in Syria that resulted in the death of Usamah al-Muhajir, an ISIS leader in eastern Syria,” it said without giving any more details on al-Muhajir….