TEHRAN, Sept 22-Syrian government forces have captured and dismantled an unmanned aerial vehicle rigged with cluster bombs near the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_ A field source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria's official news agency SANA that provincial authorities intercepted and shot down the drone as it was flying in the skies over Arnah village on Saturday afternoon.
The source added the aircraft had been laden with cluster bombs and Composition C-4 high-velocity military plastic explosives to prevent it from being taken to pieces, but competent engineering units managed to dismantle it.
The incident came two days after another drone was intercepted and destroyed over Aqrabah suburb near the capital Damascus.
There was no claim of responsibility for the drone incident on Thursday.
Syrian forces find Israeli-made weapons in ex-militant redoubt
Separately, Syrian government forces have carried out a string of clean-up operations in Quneitra province, discovering a substantial amount of Israeli-made munitions and medical supplies from a former stronghold of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists.
Source:presstv
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