{"id":75330,"date":"2023-10-05T17:29:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/05\/us-shoots-down-turkish-drone-after-it-came-too-close-to-us-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:58:23","slug":"us-shoots-down-turkish-drone-after-it-came-too-close-to-us-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/10\/05\/us-shoots-down-turkish-drone-after-it-came-too-close-to-us-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"US shoots down Turkish drone after it came too close to troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story was updated at 5:50 p.m. EST with additional information.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters (yards) of American troops in northeastern Syria, in a rare use of force by one NATO member against another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, called it a \u201cregrettable incident\u201d and said U.S. troops were forced to go to bunkers for safety as Turkey bombed targets nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the new Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. CQ Brown, spoke with their Turkish counterparts quickly after the incident to emphasize the value they place on their relationship with Turkey \u2014 but also the need to avoid any similar incidents in the future and ensure the safety of U.S. personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to shoot down an ally\u2019s armed drone \u201cwas made out due diligence and the inherent right of self-defense to take appropriate action to protect U.S. forces,\u201d Ryder said, adding that \u201cwe have no indication that Turkey was intentionally targeting U.S. forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials earlier told The Associated Press the shootdown was ordered after more than a dozen calls to Turkish military officials stating that U.S. forces were on the ground in the area and that the U.S. military would take action to protect them if the drone didn\u2019t leave. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of a sensitive military incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryder said U.S. forces observed Turkish drones doing airstrikes around Hasakah at about 7:30 a.m. local time, and some strikes were inside a so-called American \u201crestricted operating zone\u201d just a kilometer (about a half mile) from U.S. troops. He said a bit later a Turkish drone re-entered the restricted area \u201con a heading toward where U.S. forces were located.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commanders determined it was a threat and U.S. F-16 fighter jets shot it down around 11:40 a.m., Ryder said, adding that no U.S. forces were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred on the same day as a drone attack&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/northwestern-syria-airstrikes-killed-rebels-russia-1de0a6b1572827dae766a6ba14fc7ac4\" target=\"_blank\">killed at least 80 people<\/a>&nbsp;in government-controlled Homs, Syria, where explosive-laden drones were detonated during a military graduation ceremony attended by young officers and their families. An additional 240 people were injured, according to Syria\u2019s health ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syria\u2019s military blamed insurgents \u201cbacked by known international forces,\u201d without naming any particular group, and threatened to respond with \u201cfull force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syria has been in a civil war for more than a decade, and the country is split into areas controlled by the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad; al-Qaida-linked militants and Turkish-backed opposition fighters in the northwest; and Kurdish forces in the northeast that the U.S. partners with to conduct missions against the Islamic State group. So far, the war has killed half a million people, wounded hundreds of thousands and left many parts of the country destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, the U.S. and Turkish militaries, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/07\/10\/turkey-to-send-swedens-nato-accession-protocol-to-parliament-swiftly\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO allies<\/a>, work in close coordination in conducting air maneuvers. But Turkey considers the Kurdish forces that work with the American troops to be aligned with the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party, or PKK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/03\/26\/a-look-at-the-us-military-mission-in-syria-and-its-dangers\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. has about 900 troops in Syria<\/a> conducting missions to counter Islamic State group militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no immediate comment from Turkey on the shooting of the drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country\u2019s state-run Anadolu Agency reported, however, that the Turkish intelligence service, MIT, carried out an operation against the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party, or PKK, and its affiliated Kurdish militia group in Syria, which is known as People\u2019s Defense Units, or YPG. The report said the Turks struck suspected arms and ammunition depots and buildings believed to have been used by the groups\u2019 \u201csabotage\u201d teams. It did not provide further details on the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Turkey had carried out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Kurdish militant targets following a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turkish-minister-retaliation-suicide-attack-78f57d472c0d1f827ec343e59e06d814\">suicide attack<\/a> outside Turkey\u2019s interior ministry building earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press conference following the attack, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Turkish intelligence officials have established that the two assailants arrived from Syria, where they had been trained. He said Turkey would now target facilities in Syria and Iraq belonging to the PKK or YPG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s incident risks adding to longstanding tensions between Turkey and the United States, even though Turkey is a strategically important ally and NATO member. U.S. officials and lawmakers have criticized Turkey\u2019s human rights record and its delays in agreeing to Sweden\u2019s membership in NATO. Turkey has been frustrated by U.S. delays in approving 40 new F-16 fighter jets as well as kits to upgrade its existing fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryder told reporters that the U.S. stands \u201cfirmly with our NATO ally Turkey and the Turkish people in their fight against the PKK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has designated the PKK as a \u201cforeign terrorist organization\u201d but has declined to make a similar determination regarding the YPG, which have been a key partner of the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State group in northern Syria. The U.S. does not believe the YPG represent a threat to Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As recently as Wednesday, the State Department said there was no change in how the U.S. regards the YPG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the U.S. of supporting a failed coup attempt against his government. 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