SANAA, Yemen, March 23 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels, claimed that, they had shot down a U.S. drone north of the capital Sanaa.
“Our air defences shot down MQ-1 Predator Drone in Hamdan district, north of the capital Sanaa,” the rebels said in a brief statement.
The group said, the drone is run by the Saudi-led coalition forces. There were no comments by the coalition over the rebels’ claim.
The rebels have threatened to strike Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, if the coalition forces pushed into Hodeidah, a key sea port for the entry of most food imports and humanitarian aid.
The rebels have refused to withdraw from Hodeidah port city, hampering the implementation of a UN-brokered peace deal, reached in Sweden in Dec last year, to end four years of devastating war.– NNN-SABA
