Kurdish militants are knocking Turkish armed drones out of the skies with Iranian “loitering” missiles. At least that’s the working theory suggested by regional sources for the downing of unmanned aircraft flown by Turkey into Iraq as part of Ankara’s pursuit of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters. Those sources spoke to Middle East Eye (MEE) following the end-of-May release of video footage by the PKK showing the shooting down of a Turkish armed drone, identified as an Aksungur, which is seen disintegrating as it plummets to the earth. Expensive piece of kit: The indications are that the …
