Army Drone Crashes in Bekaa

A Lebanese army drone has crashed in the eastern Bekaa Valley as a result of a malfunction, the military and the state-run National News Agency said late Tuesday.

“As a result of a technological failure, a Lebanese army reconnaissance plane hit electricity cables and crashed in the plains of the town of Iaat in the Bekaa at 22:30 pm,” said a communique issued by the military command.

The statement did not provide further details.

NNA said that troops rushed to the area to transport the drone's remains to a base.

While the army communique and the news agency did not reveal the drone's mission, it was likely used by troops for the surveillance of the movement of jihadists that are taking the porous Lebanese-Syrian border as a refuge.