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Yemen’s Houthi forces shot down a US surveillance drone in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, the state news agency SABA reported.
The Houthi movement and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh control much of northern Yemen, including Sanaa, and are battling a Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing the impoverished nation since March 2015.
The United States backs the Saudi-led coalition by providing it with intelligence and weapons, Reuters reported.
“A military source said (Houthi) air defense shot down a US MQ-9 surveillance drone in the Jader area, in Sanaa Province,” SABA reported.
A Reuters photographer said the drone came down at around 11 a.m. local time in a crowded area on the outskirts of the capital, but there were no reports of any casualties.
The charred wreckage of the aircraft was carried out by the Houthis aboard a Toyota pickup truck.
The Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
More than 10,000 people have been killed since Saudi Arabia and its allies began their aggression against Yemen.
The war has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country, where more than two million people have been displaced while around 750,000 are suspected to have been infected with cholera.