Suspected HTS Drone Crashes In Syria’s Greater Idlib (Photos)

Suspected HTS Drone Crashes In Syria’s Greater Idlib (Photos)

Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter.

On September 4, an unidentified drone crashed in the northeastern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups.

The drone was found in the northern outskirts of the government-held town of Saraqib in the southern Idlib countryside, where a key defense line of HTS and its allies is located. The drone survived the crash, nearly intact.

Syrian opposition news sources claimed that the drone was Russian and that it was shot down. Nevertheless, the Russian military does not operate any similar drones.

The drone features a very basic design with a body that appears to be made of a light weight material like fiberglass. It is powered by a front-based single cylinder fuel engine. It is still unclear if the drone was equipped with an electro-optical system for reconnaissance, or a warhead for suicide missions.

Suspected HTS Drone Crashes In Syria’s Greater Idlib (Photos)

Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter.

The basic design of the drone suggests that it was made by one of the terrorist groups in Greater Idlib, most likely HTS. The terrorist group has been developing and manufacturing makeshift drones since 2018 at least. The group used its drones to attack Syrian troops and Russian bases on several occasions over the past few years.

The drone may have been on its way to attack military positions in Saraqib when it was jammed by Syrian or Russian electronic warfare means.

Russia has been making efforts to neutralize HTS’ drone program. On August 31, a series of Russian airstrikes destroyed a key drone base of the terrorist group in the outskirts of the town of Sarjah in the southern countryside of Idlib.

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