While US drones have been shot down by Houthis in the past, this incident comes at a particularly tense time in the region. Yemen's Houthisattempted to recover aUS drone they had shot downand that landed in the Red Sea, but it is unlikely they will recover anything of significance, the...
SANAA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said early Saturday that they had launched a missile attack and hit a British oil tanker in the Red Sea and shot down a U.S. drone in northern Yemen. "Our naval forces (on Friday) targeted a British oil ship, Andromeda Star, in the...
"We are aware of reporting that a US MQ-9 was shot down over Yemen. We do not have any further information to provide at this time," the U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement on Wednesday. Last June, the U.S. military said Houthi rebels in Yemen shot down a...
SANAA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group claimed on Friday that it had shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the northern Yemeni province of Al-Jawf. ■NewsChinaBizCulture&LifestyleWorldSportsIn-depth RegionsAsia&PacificEuropeMiddle EastAfricaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaOrganizations ...
Private security firm Ambrey reported that the vessel sustained minor damage in a drone attack. The U.S. shot down 10 bomb-carrying Houthi drones, as well as a cruise missile heading toward the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Laboon over the last day, Central Command said Tuesday. The U....
In one breath, Pentagon officials had said Navy ships shot down Houthi drones heading toward them because they were deemed “a threat.” But in the next breath officials said the U.S. had assessed that the ships were not the target. That determination often comes later after int...
The Iranian-backed group had defied a warning to stop targeting ships in the Red Sea - and tensions escalated earlier this month after a British warship, in an operation with US forces, shot down seven drones launched by Houthis torepel the largest drone and missile attack to d...
Italy's defense ministry also said that one of its naval ships had shot down a drone flying towards it in the Red Sea. The Houthi Transport Ministry, meanwhile, said there had been a "glitch" in undersea communication cables in the Red Sea as a result of actions by U.S. and British...
Houthi attacks had, however, dropped in recent weeks as a US-led airstrike mission in Yemen had targeted the rebels. On Saturday, the Houthis said that they shot down another MQ-9 Reaper drone belonging to the US, airing footage of parts that corresponded to the known pieces of the unmann...
The UKMTO mentioned in an advisory letter that the crew members had taken the vessel to anchor and were evacuated by military authorities. Italy’s defence ministry also mentioned that one of its naval vessels had successfully shot down a drone approaching it in the waters of the Red Sea. ...