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A Russian fighter jet flew within a few metres of a US drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the US military said Tuesday.

Russian fighter aircraft dropped flares above a US drone as it took part in a mission against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, damaging its propeller, a US commander said Tuesday.On Sunday, "Russian fighter aircraft flew dangerously close to a US MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission, harassing the MQ-9 and deploying flares from a position directly overhead," US Air Force Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich said in a statement, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.

The Russian jet "deployed flares from a position directly overhead", says a Pentagon official

A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it.

A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it.

A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing American forces to bring it down.

A Russian warplane collided with a US drone over international waters Tuesday in the first US-Russia confrontation since Russia invaded Ukraine.

US officials have condemned the incident as ‘unprofessional’ and potentially leading to ‘miscalculation & unintended escalation’.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck the propeller of a US military "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea in an inci..

A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing American forces to bring it down.