The Houthis announced the destruction of the US MQ-9 drone over Yemen

Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement have destroyed an American MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle in the skies over Yemen. This was announced on Tuesday, April 1, by Yahya Saria, a representative of the Shiite movement.

"The Air Defense Forces shot down an American MQ-9 drone that was carrying out a hostile mission in the skies over Marib province," he wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

According to him, this is the 16th US drone that the movement has managed to intercept.

Shock diplomacy: The United States is putting pressure on Iran through the shelling of the Houthis

How does Tehran react to American proposals on the nuclear program and what is Moscow saying about a new round of escalation in the region

This evening, the Al Hadath TV channel reported on the attack by the Air Force The United States has arrived at the Al-Daylami airbase in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, which is under the control of the Ansar Allah Houthi movement. It was clarified that the American side carried out three airstrikes on the Houthi weapons depots at the Al-Daylami base.

On March 15, Trump announced that he had ordered the US military to begin operations against the Yemeni Houthis. Soon, the central command of the US Armed Forces announced the launch of a large-scale operation in Yemen.