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The Yemeni army, backed by fighters from the 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 reconnaissance aircraft was downed by Yemeni forces over the 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 Taiz, killing an unspecified number of militants.
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 in the Nehm district.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Yemeni forces have been engaged in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
