The U.S. military said Saturday that U.S. drones 'harassed' by Russian jets on Friday later carried out airstrike on a top ISIS leader
over Syria on Friday were the same drones that later carried out an airstrike that killed a top Islamic State group leader, U.S. Central Command announced Sunday.A defense official told ABC News that he was killed while riding a motorcycle in northwestern Syria in an area where the U.S. has carried out other strikes against terrorist leaders who operate in an area under Syrian government control and where the Russian military also conducts flight operations in support of the Syrian regime.
The U.S. military had also called out the behavior of Russian fighter pilots it said "harassed" the Reaper drones that were flying anti-terrorism missions over Syria in two separate incidents on Wednesday and Thursday.two videos that showed Russian fighter jets dropping parachute flares in front of the drones and one of the jets engaging its afterburners, all actions that led the drones to have to take evasive maneuvers.
CENTCOM said that while there "are no indications that any civilians were killed in this strike," officials were "assessing reports of a civilian injury."
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