Saudi reconnaissance drone shot down over Hajjah

SANAA, Oct. 18 (YPA) – Sanaa armed forces on Sunday shot down an armed Saudi reconnaissance drone over Hajjah province, just hours after downing an Apache helicopter.

In a brief statement, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Armed Forces, said: “By God’s grace and support, our Armed Forces succeeded in downing an armed reconnaissance aircraft of the Karayel type belonging to the Saudi enemy while it was carrying out hostile actions in the airspace of Hajjah province.” He noted that it “was downed with an appropriate weapon.”

بفضل الله وعونه تمكنت قواتنا المسلحة من إسقاط طائرة استطلاع مسلح نوع “كاريال” تابعة للعدو السعودي أثناء قيامها بأعمال عدائية في أجواء محافظة حجة وتم إسقاطها بسلاح مناسب.
وتعتبر هذه هي الطائرة الرابعة التي يتم إسقاطها من هذا النوع منذ بدء التصعيد الأخير والسابعة منذ دخولها الأجواء اليمنية.

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Brigadier General Saree explained that “this is the fourth aircraft of this type to be downed since the beginning of the recent escalation, and the seventh since it entered Yemeni airspace.”

It is worth noting that this operation came just hours after the downing of a Saudi Apache helicopter off Najran while it was carrying out hostile actions toward the Armed Forces’ positions on the border.

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