Yemen’s Ansar Allah rebels (Houthi movement) said on Tuesday their air defence had shot down a US multipurpose drone MQ-9 over the province of Dhamar in the central part of the country.
“The missile, which downed the drone, was modernized on the spot and will soon be shown at a press conference,” the movement’s spokesperson said, as quoted by the Houthi-controlled broadcaster Al Masirah.
He warned that the Saudi-led Arab coalition “should think a thousand times before invading Yemen’s airspace,” because the rebels had the opportunity to prevent alien aircraft from appearing in the skies over Yemen.