Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi reconnaissance aircraft: Report

The Yemeni army, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, has reportedly shot down a Saudi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on an espionage mission near the country’s airspace.

According to a report by Yemen’s al-Masirah television, the Saudi spy drone was downed by Yemeni forces over Alab border region in the kingdom’s Asir Province Tuesday night.

In another development, Yemeni army forces destroyed the positions of Saudi mercenaries in Salo region in the southwestern province of Ta’izz, killing an unspecified number of them.

Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters also took control over Seid region and Hasab village in Salo.

Elsewhere in Sana’a Province, Yemeni armed forces targeted vehicles belonging to Saudi mercenaries with missile attacks in the Nehm district.