The ISIS group is using weaponised drones to hold off US-backed forces advancing in a key Syrian town, a monitor said on Wednesday, a tactic the jehadis have also used in neighbouring Iraq.
With air cover from the US-led coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were locked in clashes inside ISIS-held Tabqa on Wednesday, two days after entering the town for the first time.
They initially seized several positions in the town’s south but have come up against fierce resistance from the jihadists, including with weaponised drones.