Yemeni air defenses shoot down Saudi spy plane over Hajjah

HAJJAH, May 21 (YPA) – The Yemeni army’s air defenses on Saturday   morning  shot down a spy aircraft belonging to the Saudi-led coalition forces in the airspace of Hajjah province, northwestern Yemen.

“Our Air Defenses shot down a Turkish-made “Karayel” spy drone, operated by Saudi Air forces while it was violating the UN-sponsored truce with hostile actions this morning in the airspace of Hayran district, Hajjah province,” the Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e said in a statement.

The plane was hit with a locally-made surface-to-air missile, which has not yet been publicly announced, he added.

The spokesman affirmed  that  the Armed Forces’ readiness to respond to any violation by US-Saudi aggression, stressing  that such attacks confirm the lack of seriousness of US-Saudi aggression to commitment to the truce and peace process.

Earlier on May 5, the Yemeni Air Defenses announced shooting down a Chinese-made CH-4 spy drone, in the border district of Haradh in Hajjah Governorate.

E.M