US fighter jets have shot down an Iran-made Syrian drone after it came within firing range of US troops, US reports claim.
An F-15 jet downed a pro-regime armed drone today, claiming it was in a threatening position, CNN reported.
Other news outlets claimed defence officials had confirmed the drone had fired on coalition forces near At Tanf, near the Syria-Iraq border, before being taken out by the F-15E Strike Eagle jet.
The incident marks an escalation in the area around At Tanf, a base manned by coalition forces supporting an anti-ISIS Syrian rebel group.
CNN reported that the drone had been shot down by US forces after coming within firing distance of US troops. The channel said the Iranian-made pro-Assad drone had been shot down in At Tanf, southern Syria.
