Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday that their forces downed an American MQ-9 Reaper Drone that was flying over Yemen. US officials have acknowledged that a US drone crashed and say they’re investigating the cause.
“Yemeni air defenses were able to shoot down an American plane (MQ-9) with a suitable missile while it was carrying out hostile missions against our country on behalf of the Zionist entity,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement, according to The New York Times.
“Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to take more military measures and carry out more qualitative operations against all hostile targets in defense of beloved Yemen,” Sarea added.
The incident marks the second time a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was downed by the Houthis over Yemen since November.
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, also said on Monday that they struck a British-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, which was confirmed by US Central Command.
CENTCOM said two Houthi missiles were fired “toward MV Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, UK-owned bulk carrier. One of the missiles struck the vessel, causing damage.”
The Houthis later said they sank the British ship, and CENTCOM said the crew was evacuated from the Rubymar. The Houthis also claimed they targeted two American ships, but that has not yet been confirmed by the US.
The US has been bombing Houthi-controlled Yemen, where most of the country’s population lives, on a near-daily basis. The continued Houthi attacks demonstrate that the US strikes are not doing significant damage to Houthi capabilities and have only escalated the situation.
The Houthis have been clear that the only way their operations in the Red Sea will cease is if the US-backed Israeli onslaught in Gaza comes to an end.
Since when were Houthis rebranded as Ansar Allah? Seriously. anybody knows the answer? They wers called Houthis inappropriatelly as North Yemn has many tribes, nit just Houthis. But the meader was from the tribe, so that was rationale. But now, when did this become official. Just curious.
I’m not sure how the 67% vs. 90% for container ships is calculated, but the spreadsheet is downloadable and a quick glance makes it clear that way more than half the traffic has vanished.
Way to go Houthis!!
The twists and turns of David and Goliath in our times…Its 1959 folks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_That_Roared_(film)
This isn’t 1973, the enemies of the West have shown that they can inflict damage on the War Machine of the West.
Two more container ships were fired on since this article was published.. Once the Houthis stockpile enough sea drones, shipping could easily become unsustainable..
Shipping will become unsustainable and so the Houthis shooting game.
War is a two way street and the Houthis aren’t immune to it.
They asked for war and it will slowly come to them or at the very least, they’ll pay a very high price.
wow a whole article regarding this incident and not even once was it blamed on Iran