U.S. shoots down Turkish drone approaching U.S. troops in Syria

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U.S. shoots down Turkish drone approaching U.S. troops in Syria

STORY: U.S. shoots down Turkish drone approaching U.S. troops in Syria DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): PAT RYDER, Pentagon Press Secretary 2. various of sky views STORYLINE: The U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday that the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone as it came in proximity to U.S. forces in Syria earlier in the day. Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said during a press briefing that U.S. commanders assessed that a Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew "less than a half kilometer from U.S. forces" based in Syria. SOUNDBITE (English): PAT RYDER, Pentagon Press Secretary "At approximately 7:30 local time in Syria today, our forces had observed UAVs conducting airstrikes in the vicinity of Hasaka, Syria. Some of those strikes were inside a declared U.S.-restricted operating zone (ROZ) near Hasaka and were approximately a kilometer away from U.S. forces who relocated to bunkers. At approxima

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