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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced that they had shot down another MQ-9 Reaper combat drone on April 9, following another wave of deadly United States strikes on Yemen.
The drone was downed while it was conducting “hostile missions” over the northern province of Al-Jawf, Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement, noting that the drone was targeted with a “suitable locally-made missile.”
“This is the third aircraft that our air defenses have succeeded in shooting down in ten days and the eighteenth during the battle of the promised conquest and the holy jihad in support of Gaza,” the spokesman added.
Overnight, more than 20 U.S. strikes targeted Houthi-controlled areas in western, central and northern Yemen, causing casualties and material losses.
The Houthi-run health ministry said that six people, including three children and two women, were killed and 16 others were wounded when a strike hit a residential area in the Hawak District in the western province of al-Hodeidah. Footage showing the aftermath of the strike were aired by Al-Masirah TV.
The news channel reported that three other people were wounded when three strikes hit farms in the central province of Dhamar.
At least ten additional strikes targeted Mount Nuqm in the eastern outskirts of the capital, Sanaa, according to Al-Masirah, which also reported a series of strikes on communication centers in the northern province of ‘Amran and the central province of Ibb.
The latest deaths have brought the number of people killed since the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) resumed strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on March 15 on orders from President Donald Trump to 79. The toll reportedly includes both civilians and commanders of the Houthis.
CENTCOM has not yet provided any details on the targets it struck in Yemen, nor it confirmed losing another drone over the country.
The U.S. has reportedly spent more than $1 billion on the ongoing operation against the Houthis. Despite the high cost and the lack of any clear results, the Trump administration appears to be fully committed to the operation.
Speaking during a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed that things will “get worse” for the Houthis.
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at $33milion each, that’s $594 million, more than half a billion loss for the pentagon. i’m guessing one of those alone could pay for all the yemeni war budget many times over. yet yemenis win.
$1 billion and counting, the world’s most moral army/…..still loses to men with no air force. remember, these same people thought they could defeat russia in 2 weeks
i support your brave and smart actions. u are quality warriors
do the houthis realize that they are cannon fodder for iran, like the ukrainians are for germany?
instead of ukrains, the yemens fight for a good purpose, for gaza! and palastinians
says ivan the ukrainian …, you would rather them bend over for bibi to penetrate them as ukies allow the west to penetrate them?
$lumville needs to get its rust tubs sunk in the red sea. the sooner these death traps are reefs the better for the fish. onward to the total destruction of the filth occupying palestine.
ussan scum “spend” what they never had. not long now before $lumville defaults and goes belly up like the rotten tub of lard it has become. onward to the total collapse of all things anglozionazi! z and lots of it!
when trump said these houthis won’t sink any more of our ships, was he admitting they sank our ships? or was he just speaking in a stupid manner?
houthis attack israel but assad never lol houthis is way better than assad