Yemeni army shoots down coalition’s drone in Shabwah

SHABWAH, Jan. 05 (YPA) – Yemeni air defenses  have on Wednesday morning  shot down a reconnaissance fighter plane belonging to Saudi-led coalition forces over airspace Shabwah province, southern Yemen.

 In a brief statement, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yehya Sare’e said  that the Air Defenses managed to down a Chinese-made  Wing Loong 2, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, operating by the UAE occupation forces, while carrying out hostile acts over the airspace of Usaylan district

 The drone was targeted with a locally made Surface-to-air missile, according to the statement.

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