SANNA: Houthi army spokesperson Yayha Saree mentioned on Tuesday that Yemen’s air defence methods have shot down one other American MQ-9 Reaper over Saada province. “The US drone was shot down when it was spying and taking hostile measures over Saada in northwest Yemen”, Saree was quoted as saying by Iran’s state-run IRNA information company.
Saree went on to say that the US drone was the second the Yemeni forces have downed throughout the previous 72 hours. The Yemeni spokesperson additionally hailed the anti-Israel operation carried out by Maher al-Jazi, the 39-year-old Jordanian citizen who had killed three Israelis on the border crossing between West Financial institution and Jordan on Sunday.
Saree famous that Yemen will proceed its army operations towards Israel till the regime ceases aggression towards Gaza and lifts the siege of the Strip. From the outset of the warfare in Gaza, the resistance teams in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, and Yemen have been finishing up anti-Israel operations in assist of the Palestinian individuals and with the intention to cut back strain on the “resistance” in Gaza.
On September 4, the US Central Command mentioned that its naval forces had destroyed a missile system of the Houthi group in Yemen. “Previously 24 hours, US Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces efficiently destroyed an Iranian-backed Houthi missile system in a Houthi-controlled space of Yemen,” it mentioned in a submit on social media platform X.
“It was decided this technique introduced an imminent risk to US and coalition forces, and service provider vessels within the area,” it mentioned with out offering additional particulars. This was the third Houthi missile system destroyed by the US army strikes over the previous two days, in response to the USCENTCOM.
In the meantime, residents within the Yemeni central province of Ibb reported on social media platforms {that a} fighter jet launched an airstrike concentrating on the Houthi-controlled Al-Hamzah army set up within the province on Tuesday. The Houthi group, which controls Ibb and a number of other different northern provinces, together with the capital, Sanaa, didn’t touch upon the incident.
The Houthis have been launching missile and drone assaults concentrating on what it known as “Israel-linked” ships within the Pink Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November final 12 months to point out solidarity with the Palestinians within the Gaza Strip.
In response, the US-British naval coalition stationed within the waters has since January, carried out common air raids and missile strikes towards Houthi targets to discourage the group.
