ISLAMABAD – Yemeni armed forces have shot down a US-made spy drone while ona mission over the battle front near the southwestern Saudi province ofAsir.
The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Sareesaid on Friday that the aircraft was a ScanEagle type.
Yemeni forces have managed to down numerous US-made drones in recent years,notably destroying a US-operated advanced MQ-9 Reaper attack drone mostrecently in August.[image: PressTV-US military confirms lost drone to Houthi fire over Yemen]link
The US has been a major backer of Saudi Arabia ever since it formed aso-called military coalition campaign against Yemen in March 2015 in a bidto bring the government of former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back topower.
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Resistance by Yemeni forces, led by the Houthi Ansarullah movement, has,however, pushed the Saudi war to a stalemate, largely stalling Riyadh’sambitions in the country.
The war has, nonetheless, taken a heavy toll on the country’s populationand infrastructure.
