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Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageA man inspects the remains of what ISIS militants say was a US drone that crashed in Raqqa in 2014. Stringer/REUTERS

This week, the Washington Post published a story about a new US plan to use lethal drone strikes in Syria to destroy ISIS capabilities on the ground.

The desire to do something – anything – to destroy the capabilities of a...

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