2023 Turkish drone shootdown
Turkey has stated that a ground operation in Kurdish-controlled zones of Syria is an option that it could consider in retaliation for the 2023 Ankara bombing.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and local sources confirmed that a Turkish drone was shot down by US forces.[2][5][6] In the vicinity of Al-Hasakah, Syria, several Turkish strikes occurred at 7:30 AM local time, with some of them inside a US-declared restricted operating zone.Later, at 11:30 AM local time, a Turkish drone initially identified as a Bayraktar TB2 breached the restricted operating zone once again.[8][9][10] Turkey's Defense Minister denied that the drone was of Turkish origin but did not provide an explanation about its source.