Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Yemen's Houthi shot down an American MQ-9drone over Marib using a domestically produced surface-to-air missile.
In a statement, military spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, declaredthat the Yemeni Armed Forces’ air defenses successfully downed an American MQ-9drone “while it was carrying out hostile missions in Marib airspace.”
“This is the second plane that our air defenses have been able to shootdown within 72 hours and the fourteenth of its type during the battle of the PromisedConquest and the Holy Jihad in support of Gaza.”
Saree further asserted that the Yemeni Armed Forces, are keen tocontinue their operations “until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege islifted.”
This incident follows intensified US airstrikes targeting Houthipositions in Sanaa, escalating tensions in Yemen.
On Dec 21, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) declared that its forces “conductedprecision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and acommand-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis withinHouthi-controlled territory in Sana’a, Yemen”.
A day before, Israeli airstrikeson Sanaa and the western coastal province of Al-Hudaydah in Yemen on Thursday, localmedia reported.
Washington has justified these strikes as efforts to weaken the Houthis,whom they accuse of threatening maritime navigation in the Red Sea andtargeting Israeli sites.
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