BREAKING: US Plane Shot Down by Syrian Air Defenses Over Latakia

21st Century Wire says…According to reports this morning from SANA, the Syria State News Agency, announced that a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft, most likely a Predator drone, was shot down in Syrian air space just north the city of Latakia.Sources say that SANA has already broadcast footage of the wreckage on television, including details of signature parts and a wheel.Many fear that this or a similar incident could inflame an already tense situation between Washington and Damascus, and also Tehran, as the White House continue their efforts to managed a proxy war on the ground in Syria, and airstrikes against supposed ISIS/ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq. In the background is the US along with the P5 +1, attempting to reach a negotiated settlement over Iran’s nuclear future.It is believed that the downed US aircraft’s mission originated from one of three likely deployment bases, either from the Ali al Salem Air Base in Kuwait which houses the US Air Force’s 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, or from a joint Iraqi-CIA air base located in Erbil, Kurdistan in northern Iraq. While it’s possible that the US drone was testing Syria’s air defense systems, it’s more likely that it either was conducting covert military surveillance on Damascus, or establishing targets.The location of this incident is absolutely key to this story.



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