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Hezbollah Launches Drone Strike Near Syrian Border

Strike is Hezbollah's first use of weaponized drone

September 22, 2014

Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah has only used unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance purposes--until now.

On Sunday, Hezbollah used unmanned aerial vehicles to bomb al Qaeda-linked militants in northeast Lebanon, the first time the group has used drones with attack capabilities. The group used drones to bomb Nusra Front targets in Arsal, a northeastern Lebanese town nine miles from the Syrian border, according to Iranian news agency Fars.

The report, which includes a video that shows the purported drone strike, shows Hezbollah using a weaponized drone, the first non-intelligence drone used by the group.