Yemeni defense units shoot down Saudi spy drone

The air defense units of the Yemeni Army and Ansarullah Popular Forces managed to shoot down a reconnaissance drone of the Saudi led-coalition on Sunday.

The official website of Ansarullah movement quoted a Yemeni military official as saying that the reconnaissance drone of the Saudi-Emirati coalition was flying over the Eastern areas of al-Doud in Saudi Arabia's Southwestern border region of Jizan this morning, and was targeted by air defense units of the Yemeni Army and Ansarullah Popular Forces.

Earlier on Sunday, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported that Yemeni drones conducted an attack on Jizan military airbase in Southwestern Saudi Arabia.

The report added that the attack was carried out by a Qasef-2K combat drone.

The drone hit the shelters and reinforced hangars of the Saudi jet fighters which were used in airstrikes against Yemeni civilian areas.

EA