According to the spokesman of the Houthis, Yahya Sarea, this is the second U.S. drone they shot down in less than 72 hours and it was of the MQ-9 type and the ninth since the beginning of Washington’s bombing of that region.
The Houthis have controlled large areas of central, northern and southern Yemen since 2014, and began last November attacks against shipping bound for Israel across the Red Sea in response to Zionist aggression in the Gaza Strip.
The Houthis control northern Yemen, including the capital, after taking up arms against the government in 2014, an event that sparked a civil war that continues today.
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