Yemeni army soldiers backed by fighters from the popular committees have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone in the country’s northwestern province of Sa’ada as Riyadh continues with its military aggression against its embattled neighbor.
A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language Khabar news agency that Yemeni forces targeted the remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle on Friday as it was flying over Kitaf district in the arid and mountainous province, which lies 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of the capital, Sana’a.
The small drone was later identified as a long-endurance Boeing Insitu ScanEagle.
On July 6, Yemeni army soldiers backed by Houthi Ansarullah fighters downed Saudi unmanned aerial vehicle while conducting a surveillance mission in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.
The development came less than a day after Yemeni forces had targeted another Saudi surveillance drone in the southeastern province of Dhamar.
In early May, Ansarullah fighters took possession of a Saudi surveillance drone, which had parachute-landed in Sa’ada due to a technical glitch.
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