Syria's state news agency SANA said on Tuesday its air defenses have brought down a U.S. surveillance plane in the coastal province of Latakia.
"Syrian air defenses brought down a hostile U.S. surveillance plane in northern Latakia," SANA said in a bulletin, without giving further details.
BREAKING: Syrian government is now saying they have shot down a US drone pic.twitter.com/LxjDHf8gkU
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) March 17, 2015#Syria#Latakia#Lattakia Reports are the downed Recon Plane was a MQ-1C Gray Eagle. http://t.co/lPry0eq0uLpic.twitter.com/6YUXqqC2dM
— Ivan Sidorenko (@IvanSidorenko1) March 17, 2015
If true, the news is ironic.
On Monday, US Secretary of State said that the US is willing to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. And American aircraft is operating in Syrian skies to bomb ISIS, and have said that they will not target Assad troops and allies.
That said, Latakia, located on the Medittarnean coast, is firmly in regime control.
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