Shafaq News- Basra

A drone crashed on Monday in the al-Faw districtof Basra province, in southern Iraq, causing no casualties or material damage, asecurity source told Shafaq News.

The aircraft came down near Ras al-Bisha, insidean abandoned farm, after a technical malfunction. It did not detonate onimpact, and security units removed it from the site.

Basra, Iraq's southernmost province, bordersKuwait and Iran and hosts the country's main oil export terminals and its onlyoutlet to the Gulf.

Authorities have opened an investigation todetermine the circumstances of the crash.

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