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Urgent: Syria downs U.S. drone over coastal city

Xinhua, March 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Syrian air defense system downed a U.S. drone over the country's coastal city of Latakia Tuesday evening, according to the state-run al-Ekhbaria TV.

The TV footage purportedly showed the plane wreckage and a number of Syrian soldiers checking it. Enditem