Saturday, 18. February 2012
Topic: Drone - on February 18, 2012 at 11:39:00 AM CET
U.S. drones reportedly monitoring Syria; China wants Syrian sovereignty respected
“A good number” of unmanned U.S. military drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the President Basir al-Assad’s military’s crackdown against the opposition, U.S. defense officials tell NBC News.
According to the unnamed officials, the drone surveillance is not in preparations for a future military operation in Syria. Rather, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is hoping to use the visual evidence and intercepts of Syrian government and military communications in an effort to “make the case for a widespread international response.”
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