Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi spy drone in Ibb

Yemeni army forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have reportedly shot down a Saudi spy drone flying over the war-torn country’s southern province of Ibb.

According to Press TV, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was conducting a surveillance drone over al-Makhadir district in the province, located 194 km south of the capital, Sana'a, on Saturday, when it was struck by a surface-to-air missile, Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network reported.

The development was the second of its kind in less than a week as Yemeni soldiers and allied forces targeted an Emirati drone in the sky over the town of Azan, located 550 km southeast of Sana'a, on February 27. The downed aircraft was purportedly on a surveillance mission in the area.

On February 3, Yemeni army forces and fighters from Popular Committees shot down a Saudi spy aircraft over Harad district in the northwestern province of Hajjah.

The downing of the unmanned aerial vehicle came only a few days after Yemeni troops fired a surface-to-air missile at another Saudi spy drone in Yemen’s northwestern Sa’ada Province.

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