Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in Najran

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition while flying in the skies over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran.

According to Press TV, an unnamed source in the Yemeni air defense forces told the media bureau of the Ansarullah Movement that Yemeni forces and their allies shot down the drone with a surface-to-air missile as it was on a reconnaissance mission over al-Sawh area of the region, situated 844 kilometers (524 miles) south of the capital Riyadh, on Monday evening.

The development came only two days after Yemeni soldiers shot down a Saudi-led drone as it was flying in the skies over Kilo 16 district of Yemen’s Western Coastal Province of Hudaydah.

Separately on Monday, Yemeni troops also destroyed an armored vehicle belonging to Saudi-paid militiamen in Sawh area, killing and injuring several mercenaries in the process.

Saudi mercenaries also sought to infiltrate into the positions of Yemeni army soldiers and their allies in al-Atfin al-Ajasher area of Najran, but they were repelled and suffered losses in terms of personnel and military hardware.

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