Sanaa shocks US air forces by downing 24th MQ-9 drone

SANAA, April 18 (YPA) -The number of US MQ-9 drones shot down by the Yemeni armed forces in Sanaa has risen to 24.

The spokesman of Yemen’s armed forces, Yahya Sarie, declared during a mass rally at Al-Sabeen Square in the capital Sanaa, under the banner “We remain steadfast with Gaza in the face of the American-‘Israeli’ escalation,” that another MQ-9 was shot down over Sana’a Governorate.

This is the fifth such incident within three weeks and the twenty-first during the Battle of the Promised Victory and the Holy Jihad in support of Gaza.

Meanwhile, four MQ-9 aircraft were shot down during the war waged by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen, alongside multiple reconnaissance UAVs of Chinese and other foreign manufacture.

Sarie has consistently emphasized in his statements that the Yemeni forces used locally manufactured surface-to-air missiles to shoot down all US drones, highlighting the significant advancement of Yemen’s indigenous defense capabilities.

@E.Y.M