There was a third straight day of interactions between Russian fighters and U.S. To highlight that behavior, the Pentagon declassified two videos that showed Russian fighter jets dropping parachute flares in front of the drones and one of the jets engaging its afterburners, all actions that led the drones to have to take evasive maneuvers. military had also called out the behavior of Russian fighter pilots it said "harassed" the Reaper drones that were flying anti-terrorism missions over Syria in two separate incidents on Wednesday and Thursday. "The strike on Friday was conducted by the same MQ-9s that had, earlier in the day, been harassed by Russian aircraft in an encounter that had lasted almost two hours," CENTCOM said in Sunday's statement. criticized Russian pilots for "unsafe and unprofessional" behavior with its drones flying over Syria. News of the strike capped three straight days of tense encounters as the U.S. has carried out other strikes against terrorist leaders who operate in an area under Syrian government control and where the Russian military also conducts flight operations in support of the Syrian regime. Usamah al-Muhajir was killed on Friday, CENTCOM said.Ī defense official told ABC News that he was killed while riding a motorcycle in northwestern Syria in an area where the U.S. military said had been "harassed" by Russian fighter jets over Syria on Friday were the same drones that later carried out an airstrike that killed a top Islamic State group leader, U.S. He started working at KSRO at the age of 12 for a program called “Teens on Air.” At 13 he joined the KSRO news team and covered local news for the morning show before school, and anchored the afternoon news after classes.Three MQ-9 Reaper drones that the U.S. Stone began his career at KSRO Radio in Santa Rosa, California, while he attended high school. He has been awarded several Associated Press Awards and Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards for his local news coverage in Colorado. Murrow Awards for investigative reporting on airport security and flaws in the Emergency Alert System. While attending the University of Colorado at Boulder, he reported the news around his class schedule on the weekdays and anchored “Colorado’s Morning News Saturday.” While at KOA, Stone received two national Edward R. He spoke with Americans going to and from work, long haul truckers and families taking road trips.īefore joining the network in October of 2004, Stone was a general assignment reporter at KOA Radio in Denver. He also embarked on “The Great American Road Trip” during the five-day, five-city, 1600-mile journey, he heard firsthand how Americans are coping with the rise in gas prices. Stone covered Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race. He has also covered numerous high profile trials for ABC News, including the cases of Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jackson and O.J. In 2005 Stone spent weeks in New Orleans and the surrounding areas of Louisiana covering Hurricane Katrina and the storm’s aftermath. He has covered the Olympics in Beijing, Vancouver, and London, reporting for on-air and online platforms. Since joining ABC News, Stone has covered stories around the globe, including the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Alex Stone is a Los Angeles-based national correspondent for ABC News Radio.
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