Syria uses a Patriot missile to take down a drone from Israel in the Golan Heights . It is the first time Israel has shot down a UAV from Syria . Al-Nusra Front fighters and other Syrian rebels seized control of the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing last week -- a capture that represents a new dynamic in a war long feared not only for its deadly effects inside Syria but for threatening to widen into a destabilizing regional conflict . It 's unclear which group was operating the drone and why . at least 44 The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force peacekeepers were detained by militants in the Golan Heights .
Syria uses a Patriot missile to take down a drone from Israel in the Golan Heights . It is the first time Israel has shot down a UAV from Syria . It 's unclear which group was operating the drone and why . at least 44 The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force peacekeepers were detained by militants in the Golan Heights .