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Good article from 2016 on how IS have been using drones and why they have been tricky to stop for the Iraqi and Syrian army.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161208-how-is-is-using-consumer-drones
Edit: And another discussing the arms race between IS and the US military, in terms of cat and mouse with drone defences.
https://warontherocks.com/2020/12/how-the-army-out-innovated-the-islamic-states-drones/
We're still very much in the early stages of the "drone war". Every time a commercial anti drone device comes up with a new countermeasure, the nerds find a workaround. The tech isn't quite there to defend against commercial drones....yet.