Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
On Tuesday evening, the Yemeni army announced that it had shot down a drone belonging to the Houthi group in the Haradh District, north of Hajjah Governorate, according to the Fifth Military Region’s media office.
The Fifth Military Region’s media stated that army air defenses, through the forces of the Third Border Guard Brigade, succeeded in downing a “Hexacopter” drone operated by the Houthis on the southern front of Haradh District.
It added that the drone was brought down after its movements were monitored and tracked, revealing that it was carrying explosive projectiles in an attempt to target positions belonging to the national army.
The statement noted that the forces engaged the drone and managed to shoot it down before it reached its targets.
The source also mentioned that army air defenses in the area have intercepted dozens of Houthi reconnaissance and attack drones over recent years while they were flying over liberated areas and sectors of the Fifth Military Region.
