Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a United States military drone over Yemen, in the latest attack by the group, which has disrupted shipping trade through the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait, drawing US strikes. The Yemeni group has carried out dozens of attacks on ships with links to Israel in a show of solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s 11-month-old war on Gaza. … This is the eighth drone of this type to be shot down since the start of the war on Gaza, [Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree] said. The group has not so far released footage of the downed attack and surveillance aircraft that costs about $30m.” (09/08/24)