US DOWNS IRANIAN DRONE OVER SYRIA – AT 10:38 A.M. ET:  This comes only two days after a US Navy fighter shot down a Syrian jet.  American military action is increasing in the Syrian theater, another sign of President Trump's seriousness about ending the conflict on our terms.  No Obama he.   From Fox:

A U.S. jet shot down an Iranian drone flying in southern Syria near U.S.-backed forces on Monday, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News.

A U.S Air Force F-15 shot down the Iranian-made drone, according to the official.

This is the second time the U.S. has shot down an Iranian drone in less than a month. U.S. officials reported on June 8 that an American fighter jet shot down a drone likely connected to Iranian-supported Hezbollah forces. The drone fired on U.S.-backed troops before it was taken down. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon said at the time that the drone carried more weapons and was considered a direct threat. 

Monday's incident also marks the fifth time since late May that the U.S. military has bombed pro-Syrian forces in southern Syria.

US special operations forces have been training Syrian rebels at an outpost near al-Tanf Syria, close to Syria’s border with Iraq and Jordan for the past few years.

On Sunday, a U.S. F-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet near the town Tabqa for the first time, U.S.-led coalition headquarters in Iraq said in a statment. The Syrian government SU-22 dropped bombs near the Syrian Democratic Forces. 

COMMENT:  Don't look for extensive discussions about the Trump/Mattis military strategy on CNN or its fellow leftist networks.  Important news stories are being pushed aside in favor of the investigations. I mean, what's important here?

ISIS is being defeated in Syria and Iraq, but the threat will not be over.  They'll turn even more of their attention to international terror.

June 20, 2017