Turkey declares war on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and unleashes swarms of killer drones

Turkey deployed swarms of killer drones to strike Russian-backed Syrian government forces, in what a senior official said was a military innovation that demonstrated Ankara’s technological prowess on the battlefield.

“That’s something only Israel had been recorded publicly to have done until now,” Charles Lister, director of the Extremism and Counterterrorism Program at the Middle East Institute, said on Twitter, in reference to video footage taken by a Turkish drone allegedly showing the destruction of a Syrian army air-defence system. Turkey was waging an “air campaign run entirely by armed drones backed up” by heavy rocket artillery, he said.

— Charles Lister February 28, 2020The tactic threatens to bring NATO member Turkey into direct confrontation with Russia, adding to strains in relations between Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin as they prepare to meet this week in an effort to ease tensions over Syria.

Turkey announced Sunday that its forces had shot down two Syrian Su-24 warplanes and destroyed three more Syrian air defense systems, while confirming that one armed Turkish drone was hit.

That boy should have knocked off a looong time ago / best of luck to ya

Iran's turn

Not surprising but it's to know which regime is worse. Is this going to lead to another refugee crisis? If so, perhaps there is more going on between Turkey and Syria than we know - perhaps this is all part of a bigger plan.

I wonder who sold them the drones...

I'll power bomb Assad through Erdogan who's laying on a folding table in Damascus for $25

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