Video shows downing US MQ-9 drone in Marib

SANAA, April 01 (YPA) – Ansarullah Movement-run Al Masirah TV channel broadcast a video showing the downing of a US MQ-9 drone by Yemeni air defenses in Marib province, northeastern Yemen.

Earlier in the day, Sanaa forces declared that a US MQ-9 drone was shot down in the province. This operation considered in the context of a military escalation with broad strategic and political dimensions.

Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Sarie said in a statement that the air defenses were able to target and shoot down the drone while it was carrying out its military task.

He pointed out that this drone was the sixteenth that Yemeni air defenses have been able to shoot down since the start of supporting of Gaza, and the twentieth since the beginning of the Saudi-led coalition aggression on Yemen in 2015.

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