The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Media Center issued a statement confirming that it “shot down two drones launched from positions held by Damascus government forces along the Ghanem al-Ali front in eastern Raqqa countryside, which has been under attack for a week by government-affiliated factions and their militias.”
The statement said that “the first drone was identified as a Matrice M30, and the second as an offensive FPV (First Person View) type.”
The statement continued: “After securing the wreckage of the two drones and reaching the targeted location, our technical teams were able to retrieve and analyze the data stored on the memory card of the M30 drone. During the analysis, it became clear that the drone was operated by a group of foreign militants affiliated with the ISIS terrorist organization, stationed at positions held by Damascus government-affiliated factions, directly opposite the defensive lines of the Syrian Democratic Forces.”
The statement underlined that “these findings conclusively confirm the involvement of several factions of the Damascus government in cooperating with foreign ISIS-affiliated elements, allowing them to use their locations and positions to conduct reconnaissance and drone attacks. This enables the terrorist organization to rebuild its capabilities in an even more dangerous manner.
Our forces will publish the documented images and materials to the public in the interest of transparency and to highlight the seriousness of these affiliations, which pose a direct threat to civilian safety and regional stability, including the ongoing fight against a terrorist organization.”
The SDF called on “our partners in the International Coalition to closely examine these alarming findings and launch an investigation into the involvement of foreign individuals affiliated with ISIS in operating drones from within front-line areas. We also urge them to pursue all parties that support or are complicit in providing technical and logistical assistance to such operations. Ignoring these violations undermines regional security and enables ISIS to regroup and threaten civilians and communities.”