Yemeni Air Force Shoots Down Saudi-led Spy Drone off Najran

By Staff, Agencies

The Yemeni army’s air force, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition in the skies over the kingdom’s southern border region of Najran, in retaliation for the alliance’s military aggression against their conflict-stricken country.

Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yehya Saree, wrote in a post published on his Twitter account that the Yemeni air force and allies shot down the drone over al-Sawh area of the region, situated 844 kilometers south of the capital Riyadh, on Tuesday morning.

Saree added that Yemeni army forces and fighters from the Popular Committees targeted the unmanned aerial vehicle with a proper missile as it was carrying out espionage and hostile acts in the area.

The achievement came less than a week after Yemeni forces and their allies shot down a US-made and long-endurance ScanEagle drone as it was flying over the Yemeni-Saudi border.