A United States drone crashed in southeast Turkey on Monday.
The cause of the crash was being investigated, according to a statement on the website of Incirlik air base in Turkey.
The statement said the drone, an MQ-1 Predator, was being remotely piloted when it crashed in southeast Turkey at around 11.50am (0850 GMT).
Incirlik, in southern Turkey, is home to US Air Force troops involved in NATO missions and the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in the region.
Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast region had been scorched by fighting between the state and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the European Union.
“Turkish authorities within the month have detained a suspected Islamic State militant of Russian origin after he allegedly planned to use a drone to bring down a U.S. plane at Incirlik,’’ Dogan News Agency said.