JAKARTA - The Houthi group in Yemen shot down a US-owned MQ-9 Reaper drone in Marib Province, eastern Yemen.
Residents reported hearing a loud explosion over Marib City while watching the launch of an air defense missile from the Sarwah area west of the city, which was followed by two explosions in the air, according to a number of local media, including the Defense Line platform.
Activists on local social media also shared images that purportedly showed the debris of the US drone and the ammunition of the missile scattered in the desert area in the east of Wadi District, according to the report.
Defense Line said the circulating images showed at least two AGM-114R9X "Ninja" missile remnants, a modified version of the Hellfire air-to-ground missile designed for precision strikes.
The platform explained that the images were confirmed as the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone, which the United States commonly uses for surveillance and counter-terrorism operations in Yemen.
Until this news was written, there was no comment from the Houthi or US military regarding the report of the incident.
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