Jordan's air force has shot down an unidentified drone near the border with Syria, AFP reported Wednesday (May 10th).
"F-16 fighter jets from the royal air force downed a drone near the northern border with Syria," an air force official said, reading from a statement.
Air force staff were gathering the debris of the aircraft in the northern province of Mafraq to analyse, he said.
Jordan shares a desert border of more than 370 kilometres with Syria.
The kingdom is part of the coalition fighting the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq.
