A Syrian military source said Sunday that a Zionist drone had been brought down in the province of Quneitra near the Zionist-occupied Golan Heights.

A Syrian military source said Sunday that a Zionist drone had been brought down in the province of Quneitra near the Zionist-occupied Golan Heights.

State media said the Skylark-1 drone was flying above the village of Hadar when it was downed. It was not immediately clear whether it had been shot down or had crashed.

Skylark I is a miniature unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Elbit Systems. It is launched by hand and designed as a man-packed system for tactical surveillance and reconnaissance. It sends real-time video to a portable ground station during operation.

Quneitra has seen heavy fighting between national military and armed groups including al-Qaeda-linked gunmen.

The Zionist entity struck Syria several times since the start of the latter's nearly four-year civil war.

Syria said last week that Zionist war planes had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.