US shoots down armed Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria
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The Pentagon says the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters of American troops in northeastern Syria.
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in Hasakah, Syria, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press.

    Typically, the U.S. and Turkish militaries, which are NATO allies, work in close coordination in conducting air maneuvers.

    U.S. officials and lawmakers have criticized Turkey’s human rights record and its delays in agreeing to Swedish membership in NATO.

    Turkey has been frustrated by U.S. delays in approving 40 new F-16 fighter jets as well as kits to upgrade its existing fleet.

    In 2016, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the U.S. of supporting a failed coup attempt against his government.

    The U.S. has designated the PKK as a “foreign terrorist organization” but has declined to make a similar determination regarding the YPK, which have been a key partner of the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State group in northern Syria.

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