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8 January 2014 | 0 Comments
UAVs Over Syria

Before the demands of the insurgency led to the use of rotary and fixed-wing attack aircraft, pro-Assad forces in Syria used lightweight UAVs for aerial surveillance. Since they were first seen over Homs in February 2012, footage of Iranian-built AB-3 tactical-UAVs have increasingly appeared in open-source reporting by anti-government forces. Since the summer of 2013, AB-3s have been joined by smaller Yasir-type UAVs, which are also built by Iran. Insurgents downed their first UAV in May 2013, and have brought down at least eight more since.
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Statistik über UAV Sichtungen (i.d.R. via youtube) in Syrien:
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One last remark. These maps are, at their heart, a work in progress. It is unlikely I have found every documented incident, and it is just as likely that at least some of the incidents that have been documented are duplicates. Keeping this in mind, the author invites readers to submit any corrections they feel may enhance the accuracy of these maps.

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