Syrian Army Intercepts Drone Loaded With Cluster Bombs

Date: 21 September 2019 - 21:35

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DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The Syrian Army has intercepted a drone loaded with cluster bombs over Jebel al-Sheikh near the Golan Heights, the Syrian Arab News Agency said on Saturday.
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.
In addition, Syrian intelligence agencies discovered a stash of weapons, ammunition, medicine, food, and equipment produced in the Israeli-occupied territories, in the village of Barika in the suburbs of Quneitra.
The incident comes two days after another drone interception over the Damascus suburb of Aqraba.
The Zionist regime seized control of the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed the territory in 1981, although the move was not recognized by the United Nations. In 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution urging the occupying regime of Israel to immediately withdraw its forces from the occupied territory.
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 terrorists.
An unnamed military source told SANA that Syrian soldiers launched operations in the outskirts of Quneitra on Saturday to clear the area of hidden explosive devices and ordnance left behind by the militants.
The source added that the weapons included machine guns, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launchers and assault rifles besides telecommunication devices, food supplies and medicine.
Back in June, Syrian army soldiers discovered a substantial amount of munitions, some of them U.S.-built, from a former militant position when they mounted operations on the outskirts of the town of Jubata al-Khashab in Quneitra province.
An unnamed military source said the weapons were hidden inside two underground tunnels dug by terrorists, which included artillery rounds, rockets, night-vision devices, American BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles as well as various types of machine guns.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Zionist regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.