As Beijing and Manila tussled over the hotly contested South China Sea, a YouTube video attracted thousands of views by falsely claiming to show a Chinese surveillance drone shot down by a Philippine warship in the disputed waters. Philippine navy officials told AFP the incident simply did not happen. The video shows various old and unrelated pictures, including one that has circulated since at least March 2020 in reports about the downing of a drone in Syria.
In a falafel joint in south Lebanon, Hussein Murtada prepared flat-bread snacks for his few remaining customers as an Israeli surveillance drone buzzed above the border village of Kfar Kila.He said his village, just across the border from the Israeli kibbutz community of Misgav Am, is under constant Israeli drone surveillance.
An American drone was shot down off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday by the Iranian-backed Houthis, according to a U.S. Defense official. The U.S. official said the drone was an MQ-9 Reaper, a surveillance drone that can be armed with missiles. The drone costs around $32 million. The attack is the latest on U.S.…