{"id":84309,"date":"2024-12-13T21:54:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/13\/kurdish-forces-in-syria-accidentally-shot-down-us-reaper-drone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:14:36","slug":"kurdish-forces-in-syria-accidentally-shot-down-us-reaper-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2024\/12\/13\/kurdish-forces-in-syria-accidentally-shot-down-us-reaper-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurdish forces in Syria accidentally shot down US Reaper drone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kurdish-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/12\/09\/us-strikes-75-isis-targets-in-syria-after-assad-regime-collapses\/\" target=\"_blank\">forces in Syria<\/a>, allied with the United States, shot down an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/12\/04\/a-10s-are-being-spotted-in-syria-heres-how-theyre-being-used\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force MQ-9 Reaper<\/a> drone on Monday after mistakenly identifying it as a threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a key ally for the United States in its fight against the Islamic State, were conducting operations in the region when they downed the MQ-9, a U.S. official familiar with the situation confirmed to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/12\/11\/how-the-us-is-countering-isis-during-syrias-upheaval\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Syria_10000.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How the US is countering ISIS during Syria\u2019s upheaval<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. and its partners want to ensure the Islamic State can\u2019t fill the leadership void following President Bashar Assad\u2019s overthrow, officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MQ-9 was operating over Syria to support the campaign against the remnants of the Islamic State, known as Operation Inherent Resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces recovered the parts of the drone that needed to be salvaged and destroyed the rest, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S. Air Forces Central [Command] is actively assessing the actions that led to the incident and will adjust tactics, techniques and procedures to safeguard U.S., coalition, and partner forces and their associated assets,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDF\u2019s position in Syria has grown precarious in the days since the ouster of President Bashar Assad. 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