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Syria: Army downs seven more drones flying near Israeli border
THE Syrian army said yesterday that it had shot down seven small explosive-packed drones near the Israeli border.
A Syrian Arab Army source told the national Sana news agency that the sophisticated radio-controlled aircraft, about 50cm across, carried surveillance cameras and plastic explosive charges.
They were brought down in Daraa province, which borders the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to the west and Jordan to the south.
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