Russian A-26 Avoided Collision With Two U.S. Combat Drones Over Syria

Antonov An-26. Flickr, by Marko Stojkovic.

A Russian An-26 military transport plane had to dodge two United States combat drones over northern Syria while performing a resupply mission, Deputy Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria Major General Oleg Yegorov revealed on October 4.

The commander told reporters that the U.S.-led coalition keep sending full-armed combat drones to conduct unauthorized flights in the Syrian airspace.

“At 07:25 Moscow time on October 3...