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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shabnoor Irshad

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release video claiming to show moment fighters shoot down US drone

Yemen's Houthi rebels have released footage they claim shows soldiers shooting down a US drone flying over the country.

The rebels say the footage shows an American MQ-9 Reaper drone being shot down in the Marib province on 1 April.

The footage shows the wreckage of the drone on the ground with fire burning, along with a close-up of information in English on a piece of debris.

The reported shootdown over Yemen's contested Marib province came as airstrikes hit around Sanaa, the country's rebel-held capital, and Saada, a stronghold for the Houthis.

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