Jordan downs drone from Syria in third incident this month


A picture released by the Jordanian Armed Forces website on August 28, 2023, shows what it said is a drone that was flying into Jordanian territory from neighbouring Syria that the Jordanian army downed on Jordan's side of the border, in Jordan. JORDAN ARMED FORCES/Handout via REUTERS

AMMAN (Reuters) - The ‮Jordanian arm‬y said it ‮down‬ed a‮ drone heading from ‬S‮yr‬ia on Monday ‮in‬ the third ‮such ‬ ‮incident thi ‬s month, while officials said an increase in weapons being smuggled across the border was raising concerns about a new Iranian-instigated threat beyond drugs.

The army said in a statement that the drone was brought down in its territory but did not say what it was carrying. Officials have recently revealed weapons were being smuggled as well as narcotics by drone.‮ ‬

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