Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone on Thursday after it flew near American troops operating in northeast Syria, two U.S. defense officials said. The unusual military encounter between two NATO allies came after a similar incident earlier in the day. No troops were injured, and there is no indication that the Turks were intentionally targeting U.S. servicemembers, the officials said. At about 7:30 a.m. local time, two Turkish drones armed with air to ground weapons flew near U.S.
Brown, both spoke with their Turkish counterparts about the incident Thursday morning, the officials said. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing Thursday afternoon, Ryder declined to say whether the Turks provided any assurances that they would not fly near U.S. troops again, but did say the conversation was productive. Ryder said the U.S. shot down the drone in “self-defense” and described it as a “regrettable incident.” There was no immediate comment from Turkey on the shooting of the drone.
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