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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had destroyed, in cooperation with Russian forces, several vehicles used by militants in the directions of Idlib and Aleppo, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on April 28.
In a statement, the ministry said that several militants were killed or wounded in the drone strikes. Video footage released with the statement showed FPV suicide drones taking out eight pickup trucks and SUVs as well as what appears to be a Soviet-made T-55 main battle tank.
The ministry announced in the same statement that the SAA shot down several drones which militants used to launch attacks in the Lattakia direction.
The drones were likely launched by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) or one of its allies in the Greater Idlib region, which includes much of Idlib governorate as well as the northern Lattakia countryside, the northwestern countryside of Hamas and the western Aleppo countryside.
The use of FPV suicide drones by the SAA was first reported in September of last year. In the last two months, more than a 100 such drones targeted equipment, posts and militants from HTS and its allies in Greater Idlib. The rate of the strikes has been steadily increasing.
On April 27 alone, two militants from HTS were killed and three others were wounded after the SAA attacked posts of the group in the western Aleppo countryside with seven FPV suicide drones, according to the Lonodon-based Syrian Observatoyr for Human Rights.
The appearance of FPV suicide drones with the SAA was not surprising considering that they are cheap and easy to manufacture.
The SAA reportedly received some support from Russia, who gained vast experience in mass producing and operating this type of drones following the start of the special military operation in Ukraine.
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us amerikkkan sponsored terrorists from syria to ukraine and soon taiwan are getting beating. and one day the us will be exposed to all the misery they have cause around the world since the end of ww2.
sponsors of slimy satanic putrid p0s scumbag zionut terrorist parasite israel
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you can hear a brownie (chocolate brownie)? good for you…
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– “the new suicide drone of the irgc has a structure similar to the russian “lancet” drone and is placed in the category of roaming ammunition and has significant use in ground combat and especially anti-ambush operations.”
i saw like one short video and yeah it look like lancet. yes, russia and iran agree to many deals including military tech exchange to some level and such (it is nothing crazy but still).
terrorists trembles in terror…
that is good one.
these drones will change the game in syria. russia is producing thousands, so is china, so is iran. where is the us proxy army going to get their drones? not from russia, not from china, and not from iran either. they won’t even get them from the us because zelensky has first dibs.soon we shall see the saa making the same great strides that the russian admin is making in ukraine. the us and nato are going to lose their oil fields in syria and their back door in al tanf.
they need to use these even more against the isil shitheads that continue to roam the desert.
word. kill ’em radical dirt feeders
word. but the jews and yanquis cunts stopping them.
produce 10.000 and dispose any vehicle in idlib that will cripple them.
a good soldier does his duty because there is honor in it. a criminal accepts money to harm people who are innocent. wonderful to see russia bringing justice to syria and it’s people.
sure is nice to see the saa picking up the torch and roasting the jewish proxy terrorists off their sovereign lands.