Press TV - Yemeni air defense units have shot down a Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in flight over a border area in the kingdoms southern province of Asir.
Yemen's Arabic-languageal-Masirahsatellite television network, citing an unnamed military source, reported that the drone was shot down over the provinces al-Rabou'a region on Friday.
On Monday, Yemeni forces, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, also managed to shoot down a similar Saudispydrone in the Rashaha region of the kingdoms southern province of Najran, the al-Masirah report added.
Some 20 spy drones have been shot down since the Saudi war on the impoverished country began over three years ago.
Additionally on Friday, Yemeni army snipers killed a Saudi trooper in Asirs al-Rabou'a region, al-Masirahsaid in a separate report.
Saudi Arabia and some 20 of its allies, including the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan, launched a brutal war, code-named Operation Decisive Storm, against Yemen in March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemens former president and astaunch ally of Riyadh, and crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The movement, which is a significant aid to the Yemeni army in defending the country against the invading forces, has been running state affairs in the absence of an effective administration during the past three years.
The imposed war initially consisted of a bombing campaign but was later coupled with a naval blockade and the deployment of ground forces into Yemen.
TheYemeni Ministry of Human Rightsannounced in astatementon March 25 that the war had already left 600,000 civilians dead. The war and the accompanying blockade have also caused famine across Yemen.
The Saudi-led aggression has also taken a heavy toll on the country's infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories. The United Nations has already said that a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in dire need of food, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.
Several Western countries, the United States and Britain in particular, are also accused of being complicitin the ongoing aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime with advanced weapons and military equipment as well as logistical and intelligence assistance.
