Islamic State Has Perfected Using Drones Rigged With Explosives To Attack Advancing Forces In Raqqa

France 24: Exclusive: IS group's armoured drones attack from the skies in battle for Raqqa

The Islamic State (IS) group is using drones rigged with munitions in the battle for the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, a FRANCE 24 team inside the jihadist group’s highly dangerous self-proclaimed capital discovers.

While entering Raqqa from the eastern side, past dusty, desolate neighbourhoods, a nearby explosion briefly rocks the armored vehicle carrying a FRANCE 24 team and fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters battling the IS group in the heart of its de facto capital is facing a new, technologically advanced threat from the skies.

“A drone has targeted our vehicle. The bomb fell 50 metres away,” a female Kurdish fighter in the vehicle explains.

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Update: ISIS Using Drones Rigged With Munitions To Attack Advancing Forces In Raqqa (Newsweek)

WNU Editor: I cannot help but feel that one day this know-how will be used in a terror attack against a soft target in the West (i.e. a concert, a sporting event, a political rally, etc.).