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Yemeni air defense forces shoot down third Saudi spy drone in less than week

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 6:49 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 11 February 2020 7:01 PM ]

This undated picture shows the wreckage of an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi military after it was intercepted and targeted by Yemeni forces. (Photo by Yemen’s Operations Command Center)

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted the third unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition in less than a week, in retaliation for the alliance’s military aggression against their conflict-stricken country.

The media bureau of the Ansarullah movement, citing an unnamed military source, reported that Yemeni air defense forces shot down the drone with a precision-guided missile as it was flying in the skies over al-Malahiz area in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Jizan, situated 966 kilometers south of the capital Riyadh, on Tuesday evening.

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The UN says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger.

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