Yemeni forces shoot down an American drone and confirm readiness for any upcoming developments

The Yemeni forces announced this evening the downing of a modern American drone in the airspace of Al-Hudaydah Governorate, western Yemen, and this is the 15th aircraft that Sana’a has shot down since the start of the Gaza support operation in October 2023.

Sana’a – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:

Yemeni military spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a text statement published on his “X” platform account that their air defenses shot down a “hostile American drone of the MQ-9 type while it was violating Yemeni airspace and carrying out hostile missions.”

The statement indicated that this drone is “the fifteenth that our air defenses have succeeded in downing during the battle of the promised conquest and the holy jihad in support of our mujahideen brothers in Gaza and Lebanon.”

The Yemeni forces affirmed that they continue to “carry out their defensive tasks to confront any aggression against our country, including monitoring and following up on hostile movements in the Red and Arab Seas, and that they are fully prepared to deal with any developments during the next phase.”