24 Nov 2024
Thursday 25 January 2018 - 13:48
Story Code : 291368

Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi spy drone over Ma'arib



Press TV - Yemeni air defenses have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone over the war-torn country's central Ma'ribprovince.

Yemen's Arabic-languageal-Masirahsatellite television network reportedon Thursday thatthe drone was shot down over the province's Harib al-Qaramish region.

On December 30, Yemeni fighters managed to shoot downa Saudi unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)as it was on a reconnaissance mission in Yemens northwestern province of Hajjah.

Back on October 27, Yemeni forces, using a surface-to-air missile, shot down a Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet belonging to the RoyalSaudi Air Force as it was flying east of the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa.



Earlier that month, the Yemeni army announced that it also managed to shoot down a US-made General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, a drone operated by the RoyalSaudi Air Force.

Since March 2015, the Saudi regime has been heavily bombarding Yemenas part of a brutal campaign against its impoverished southern neighborin an attempt to reinstallYemens former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh, and crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, which is in control of large parts of Yemen, including the capital. The Saudi campaign, however, has failed to achieve its goals.

Over the past two years, Houthis have been running state affairs and defending Yemeni people against the Saudi aggression.

The Saudi-led campaign, which is accompanied by a land, aerial and naval blockade of Yemen, has so far killed more than 13,600 people and led to a humanitarian crisis.

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