A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government uses a drone to observe Islamic State fighters positions in Sirte, Libya in 2016. (Reuters- File Photo)CAIRO – 23 April 2018: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry asserted on Sunday that rules to regular the use of remote-controlled drones are in their final stages. Drones have a diversity of functions to carry out, and this diversity gives drones an additional advantage, which is demanded highly by regular armies and militias. Iran claimed at the time that those drones had the capacity to carry up to eight missiles.In March 2017, news reports revealed that Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq used drones to monitor ISIS activity wherever they go. In addition, Hezbollah used drones to back the Syrian regime in the countryside of Aleppo in late 2016.Israel is deemed a regional and global drone-producing center.

Source: Egypt Today April 23, 2018 09:22 UTC