Shafaq News/ Yemen’s Houthi movement announced on Friday that its airdefenses shot down a US drone over the skies of Sanaa governorate, marking thesecond such incident within 24 hours and the sixth so far in April.
In an official statement, the group’s military spokesperson, Brig. Gen.Yehya Saree said the drone was “conducting hostile missions” and was broughtdown using a “locally manufactured surface-to-air missile.”
“Our air defenses successfully shot down a hostile American MQ-9 drone,”the statement read, adding that this latest incident brings the total number ofUS drones the group claims to have downed during what it calls “the battle ofthe Promised Victory and Holy Jihad” to 21.
The group also condemned continued airstrikes on Houthi-controlledareas, accusing the United States of targeting civilian infrastructure andproperty. “These attacks will not break the will of the Yemeni people,” thestatement said, warning that such actions would only fuel “greatersteadfastness and unwavering support for the oppressed Palestinian people.”
The Houthis have launched a series of missile and drone attacks inrecent months targeting Red Sea shipping routes and vessels they allege arelinked to Israel, framing their campaign as a response to the war in Gaza. Theydescribe the operations as part of a broader resistance against what they call“genocidal war crimes being perpetrated by the Zionist enemy.”
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