Russia operating the Searcher II in Israel’s backyard Posted on July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by alert5 A picture of the Russian license-copy of the IAI Searcher II unmanned aerial vehicle at Hmeyim airbase, Syria has been posted online recently. Photo: Алексей Китаев Russia is believe to have been operating the type from Syria since February this year. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Singapore replaces Rapier with SPYDER-SR, Searcher with Heron 1 Moscow delivered more UAVs to Syria Jane’s: Russia has been flying A-50 AEW&C over Syria Indian Navy to commission new UAV squadron Rooivalks grounded Russia deploys four more Su-34s to Syria