Yemen - 08, 2024 Houthi air defense units have intercepted and shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was violating the country's airspace in the northern province of al-Jawf, Houthi Spox person said in a statement.

U.N. experts say Yemen’s Houthi rebels have been transformed from a local armed group with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization with support from Iran, Iraqi armed groups, Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants and others.