The Iranian-made Shahed 129 is the same type that was shot down earlier this month after it dropped a "dud" munition near a patrol being carried out by coalition troops and local forces.
CBS News correspondent David Martin reports the drone came too close to one of the outposts of USA -backed fighters outside of their main base in Tanf.
Russia's defense ministry earlier said it would halt its use of the incident-prevention hotline after USA forces downed a Syrian jet, though Dunford noted it had remained in use "over the last few hours".
The US military failed to use the communication line with Russia concerning this attack, despite the fact that Russian warplanes were also on a mission in Syrian airspace at the time, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It was shot down by a U.S. F-15 fighter jet.
The official was not authorized to be quoted by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. Coalition aircraft were conducting a "show of force" against pro-Syrian regime forces that had been advancing on Ja'Din earlier 2 hr. earlier.
Russian Federation threatened aircraft from the USA -led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline meant to avoid collisions in retaliation for the US military shooting down a Syrian warplane on Sunday.
Syrian opposition activists say a 48-hour truce in the southern city of Daraa has been extended.
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A U.S. F-15 fighter aircraft shot down an Iranian-made drone over southern Syria on Tuesday, a US defense official said, marking the second time in just as many days that the USA military has taken a pro-Syrian government aircraft out of the sky.
Tensions have also flared between U.S. forces and the Syrian regime further north, where the coalition is supporting an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters battling to oust IS from the city of Raqa.
More than 320,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict began with anti-government demonstrations in March 2011. This was the first time that the United States had shot down a Syrian jet.
Sharif says the missile launch reflects Iran's "military power" though Iran has no intention of starting another war.
"As a precautionary measure, Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike operations into Syria have temporarily ceased", a defence spokeswoman said in a statement.
USA officials then sought to tamp down the tensions.
The Prime Minister pointed to "deconfliction arrangements" with Moscow, which are created to prevent mid-air incidents between coalition and Russian planes operating in the crowded airspace over Syria. Israel also is concerned about Iran's missiles and has deployed a multilayered missile-defense system.
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