American surveillance drone crashes near Baghdad

The Iraqi Arabic-language Burath news agency cited informed sources on Friday saying that the drone, registered under the number "52187," had probably crashed due to hacking or electronic jamming from an "unknown source."

The Iraqi Arabic-language Burath news agency cited informed sources on Friday saying that the drone, registered under the number "52187," had probably crashed due to hacking or electronic jamming from an "unknown source."

The report said that the aircraft, which had fallen in a farming area, appeared undamaged. Iraqi authorities later transported the drone to an unspecified location.

No further details regarding the drone have been disclosed. American and Iraqi authorities have yet to confirm the incident.

The report comes nearly a month after Iraqi sources said that "unidentified drones" had attacked a base belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) in the Arab country’s Salahudin Province, killing one PMU member and injuring another four.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi later ordered an investigation into the incident.

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