Turkish soldiers killed in Iranian-made drone strike in Syria: official

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Iranian-made unmanned drone was used in an attack on a Turkish military camp in northern Syria on November 24, killing four soldiers, a senior Turkish official said, according to Hurriyet Daily News.

Turkey identified the drone as Iranian-made, but it was still not identified whether Hezbollah, the Quds Force or another Shiite militia group in Syria had used it, said the official, who spoke on anonymity.

FM Mevlut Cavusoglu, accompanied by National Intelligence Agency (MIT) Chief Hakan Fidan, paid a surprise visit to Tehran early on Nov. 26, where the Turkish delegation discussed “issues regarding ISIL and counter-terrorism” with Iran and also raised the issue that their findings on the attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria indicated that an Iranian-made unmanned drone was used, the official also said.

However, Cavusoglu denied that they discussed the aerial attack in the meeting in Tehran. “Our visit to Tehran had nothing to do with the plane. We went there for a fourth round of discussions that aimed to find ways to precede peace in Syria. We discussed how a cease-fire could be reached, to send humanitarian aid and the necessary steps needed to be taken if there is a cease-fire. But it was not about the drone,” daily Habertürk quoted Cavuşoglu as saying on Dec. 6.