Yemeni forces, allied Popular Committees fighters shot down an unmanned drone belonging to the Saudi-led coalition flying over the southwestern province of Dhamar.
Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi-led drone over Dhamar
21 Aug 2019 - 9:53
Yemeni forces, allied Popular Committees fighters shot down an unmanned drone belonging to the Saudi-led coalition flying over the southwestern province of Dhamar.
The media bureau of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, citing the spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced in a statement that Yemeni air defense forces and their allies shot down the US-built General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) drone with a precision missile early on Wednesday.
The statement added that the aircraft was struck as it was on a surveillance mission, noting that the domestically-developed missile which brought down the drone will be showcased during a ceremony in the near future.
On Tuesday evening, dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen were killed when Yemeni army soldiers and their allies launched an offensive against their position in the kingdom’s southern border region of Jizan.
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