QAIM, Iraq — A white surveillance balloon floats overhead along the border between western Iraq and Syria, but the armed drones are not always so obvious.
While reported attacks in the area are often difficult to verify as media access to the area is restricted, there were reports Jan. 24 — quickly denied by Kataib Hezbollah — that a Kataib Hezbollah leader and other fighters had been killed in Qaim by a drone.