Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Yemeni Hooty Rebels On Tuesday they alleged that they shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone, even as they continued their fierce airstrike campaign targeting the group.
The reported shootings ruled by Yemen’s contested Malibu came when airstrikes struck around Sada, the capital of Sana and Houthis, owned by the country’s rebels.
US President Donald Trump He explained to both Houthis and its main benefactor, Iran, that he was “decimed” by the strike campaign that began on March 15th.
“Many of their fighters and leaders are no longer with us,” Trump wrote on his social media website Truth Social. “We slammed them hard every day – increasingly intense. Ability to threaten transport and rapidly destroy the area. The attack continues until it no longer poses a threat to freedom of navigation.”
He added: “The choice for Houthis is clear. Please stop filming on our ship. Otherwise we’re just starting out and real pain hasn’t come yet for both Houthis in Iran and their sponsors.”
Houthis claims they defeated another US drone
Rebels claimed they defeated a drone in Malibu province. Oil and gas fields It is under the control of Yemen’s ousted central government. Footage released on social media showed flames at night, claiming that a Yemeni man was shooting down a drone.
Brig. General Yahya Saree, a spokesman for the Houthi army, claimed the MQ-9 drone separately in a pre-recorded video message.
Sally said the rebels were targeting drones with “appropriate locally manufactured missiles.” Houthis has surface-to-air missiles, such as the Iranian missile known as the 358.
However, Iran denies arming rebels Tehran-made weapons have been discovered on the battlefield And with sea shipments headed for Yemen for Shiite Hooty rebels despite the UN arms embargo.
The US military confirmed that the Associated Press is aware of reports of the decline of the Grim Reaper, but declined to comment further.
Typical Atomics Reapers cost around $30 million each, and fly at altitudes over 40,000 feet (12,100 meters) and can stay in the air for more than 30 hours. The aircraft have been fed by both the US military and the CIA for years in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iraq. Yemen now.
Houthis claims they have been shooting 20 MQ-9s nationwide for many years, with 16 people falling during a rebel campaign over the Israeli Hamas War. The US military has not acknowledged the total number of drones lost there.
The intense US bombing began on March 15th
Associated Press Review We discovered a new American operation against the Hoosis under Trump has emerged It’s wider This is because the United States will only target launch sites, before moving on to shooting ranking officials and dropping city bombs, rather than people under former President Joe Biden.
New airstrike campaign, Houthis says he has now killed at least 61 peopleIt will start later Rebels threatened to become targets of “Israel” ships Israel will once again block assistance entering the Gaza Strip. Rebels roughly define what constitutes Israeli ships, meaning that many ships could be targeted.
Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant ships with missiles and drones. Sink two containers It will kill four sailors from November 2023 until January this year. They also launched attacks targeting American warships, but no one has ever had a hit.
The attacks raised Houthis’ profiles extensively as they launched objections at home and crackdowns targeting aid workers amid a decade-long deadlock war in Yemen that has torn apart the poorest country in the Arab world.
