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September 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The military spokesman for the Yemeni Houthis, Yahya Sari, announced this Saturday the downing of an American drone, specifically one of the most advanced models, the MQ-9.
“Yemeni air defenses have shot down a US MQ-9 aircraft while it was carrying out hostile activities in the airspace of Marib province,” Sari said on his Telegram account.
The Houthi spokesman said this was the eighth such aircraft shot down by the Houthis “during the Battle of the Promised Victory and the Holy Jihad in support of Gaza.”
Sari reiterated that Houthi forces “continue to carry out their jihadist duty in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people and in defense of beloved Yemen.”
The Houthis, who control the most populated areas of Yemen, have launched attacks against Israeli territory and against ships that they accuse of having some kind of connection with the country following the offensive unleashed against Gaza after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
They have also attacked US and British ships and other strategic assets in response to the bombings of Yemen by these countries, an intervention that Washington and London have based on their desire to guarantee the safety of navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
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