At a large square near the US embassy in west Amman, a damaged drone, visibly on fire, stutters overhead before crashing in the city's empty outskirts.
Warning sirens that had blazed three times in succession are replaced with a minute-long beep, indicating that danger has passed. “It seems that its guidance system was hit, but the engine kept going,” said an ex-army member, who works as a private guard at one of the affluent villas in the area.
The embassy declared this week that it is a target and shut down, without giving details.
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