US confirms Huthis shot down American drone off Yemen

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, successfully downed an unmanned U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone that was operating in international airspace off the Yemeni coast, according to a Pentagon Statement on Wednesday.

“We can confirm that a U.S. military MQ-9 remotely-piloted aircraft was shot down while in international airspace over international waters off the coast of Yemen. U.S. Central Command officials are assessing the incident.”

The Houthi rebels declared war on Israel on October 31st , aligning themselves with Hamas as they fired a missile and drones against Israel.

“Our air defenses were able to down an American MQ

 

-9 while it was carrying out hostile surveillance and espionage activities in Yemeni territorial waters as part of American military support” for Israel, the Iranian-back Houthi’s said in a statement.

A senior defense official told CNN that Iran is “the center of gravity” for the attacks on US forces in the region saying that “Iranian fingerprints are all over this.”

Over the past few days, the U.S. military has stepped up its activities in the region as a carrier strike group entered the Red Sea over the weekend along with an Ohio-class submarine.

Today, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) posted on X, that “for the second time in three days, a U.S. B-1 Lancer conducted a mission over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.  U.S. F-16s escorted the bomber.

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