{"id":518013,"date":"2026-07-27T13:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=518013"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:36:49","slug":"reports-claim-u-s-drone-crashes-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/reports-claim-u-s-drone-crashes-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports claim U.S. drone crashes in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A drone believed to be operated by the United States crashed in Iraq, according to multiple media reports, after videos circulated on social media showing a burning aircraft falling from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage appears to capture the aircraft descending in flames before crashing in Iraq&#8217;s Babil province. Several outlets identified the aircraft as a U.S. reconnaissance and strike drone, although no official confirmation has been issued by U.S. authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, and it has not been independently verified whether the drone was shot down or suffered a mechanical failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have not released additional information on the crash, and the U.S. military has not publicly commented on the reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drone believed to be operated by the United States crashed in Iraq, according to multiple media reports, after videos circulated on social media showing a burning aircraft falling from the sky. The footage appears to capture the aircraft descending in flames before crashing in Iraq&#8217;s Babil province. Several outlets identified the aircraft as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":518022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[44487],"class_list":["post-518013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-iraq"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aL3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/6a677b66e9ff711e474a3ea7.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/6a677b66e9ff711e474a3ea7.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}