A U.S. F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near American troops in Syria Thursday after several warnings, according to U.S. officials.

The shootdown came after repeated communications to stay away from U.S. ground troops near al Hasakah, in northeastern Syria.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't NATO have aligned goals in Syria?

[–] President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 8 points 2 years ago

The US and Turkey support different factions in the Syrian civil war. This video from Real Life Lore goes in depth with Turkey's position in NATO, and IIRC it does mention about Syria:

https://youtu.be/AbXpOQCds8A