REPORT: U.S. Military Drone Shot Down Over Yemen
New reports are indicating that a drone operated by the U.S. military was shot down while flying over Yemen.
According to Fox News:
A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.
The drone was shot down late on Tuesday in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, officials told Reuters, which first reported the news.
A Houthi military spokesman was quoted earlier by the group’s Al-Masirah TV as saying that air defenses had brought down a U.S. drone.
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One U.S. official told Reuters that the drone had been shot down by a surface-to-air missile operated by the Iranian-backed Houthi group. Another official, however, cautioned it was too early to say who was responsible.
The Houthi rebels have shot down drones operated by the U.S. military in Yemen before.