The Russian military said Wednesday that a US drone was flying over the area when an aid convoy was attacked in Syria on Monday, a charge that US officials swiftly denied.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said a Predator drone, which took off from the Incirlik base in Turkey, flew into the area where the convoy was attacked near the Syrian city of Aleppo minutes before it came under fire. He said the drone left the area about 30 minutes after the attack.

"We can confirm that NONE of our aircraft -- manned or unmanned, US or Coalition -- were anywhere in the vicinity of Aleppo when the strike against the humanitarian convoy occurred," Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff A. Davis said.

Source : QNA