{"id":17219,"date":"2019-09-18T15:32:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=17219"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:32:42","slug":"yemeni-forces-allies-shoot-down-saudi-led-surveillance-drone-in-taizz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/yemeni-forces-allies-shoot-down-saudi-led-surveillance-drone-in-taizz\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemeni forces, allies shoot down Saudi-led surveillance drone in Ta\u2019izz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p><strong>Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle\u00a0belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition in the skies over the country&#8217;s\u00a0southwestern\u00a0province of Ta&#8217;izz,\u00a0in\u00a0retaliation for\u00a0the alliance\u2019s military aggression against their conflict-stricken country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The media bureau of the Houthi Ansarullah movement announced in a statement that Yemeni forces and their allies shot down the drone as it was on a reconnaissance mission over al-Wazi&#8217;iyah district on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to\u00a0Yemen&#8217;s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were killed and injured when Yemeni army soldiers and their allies launched an offensive against their positions in the kingdom\u2019s southern region of Asir.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MasirahTV\/status\/1174316822159663104\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u064a\u0631\u0629_\u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0639\u0633\u064a\u0631<\/a>: \u0625\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0635\u0627\u0631\u0648\u062e\u064a \u0632\u0644\u0632\u0627\u06441 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0648\u0627\u0642\u0639 \u0644\u0645\u0631\u062a\u0632\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a \u0642\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B0_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0646\u0641\u0630_\u0639\u0644\u0628<\/a> \u0645\u062e\u0644\u0641\u0629 \u0642\u062a\u0644\u0649 \u0641\u064a \u0635\u0641\u0648\u0641\u0647\u0645<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u064a\u0631\u0629 &#8211; \u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644 (@MasirahTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MasirahTV\/status\/1174316822159663104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>An unnamed Yemeni military source told Arabic-language al-Masirah\u00a0television network that Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters launched a domestically-developed\u00a0Zelzal-1 (Earthquake-1) missile at a gathering of Saudi-led mercenaries in the\u00a0Alab border crossing, leaving a large number of them killed and injured in the process.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/17\/606396\/Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-US-Iran\">\n<div class=\"oembed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/17\/606396\/Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-US-Iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.presstv.com\/photo\/20190917\/a4e4969b-82ad-43f7-bc2c-11c9541c19cc.jpg\" alt=\"PressTV-US in \u2018delusional denial\u2019 of Yemen\u2019s military power\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/17\/606396\/Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-US-Iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PressTV-US in \u2018delusional denial\u2019 of Yemen\u2019s military power<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/17\/606396\/Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-US-Iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An analyst says the US is in \u201cdelusional denial\u201d of Yemen\u2019s military power after Washington sought to pin the blame for Yemeni army raids on Saudi Arabia\u2019s key oil facilities on Iran.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of\u00a0bringing the government of Hadi back to power and crushing Ansarullah movement.<\/p>\n<p>The US-based\u00a0Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization,\u00a0estimates that the\u00a0war has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acleddata.com\/2019\/06\/18\/press-release-yemen-war-death-toll-exceeds-90000-according-to-new-acled-data-for-2015\/\">claimed\u00a0more than 91,000\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0lives over the past four and a half years.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/06\/605460\/UAE-Saudi-Arabia-Yemen-STC-south-separatists-Aden\">\n<div class=\"oembed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/06\/605460\/UAE-Saudi-Arabia-Yemen-STC-south-separatists-Aden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.presstv.com\/photo\/20190906\/db74c4ec-f689-4b95-bd54-bf81c74044fc.jpg\" alt=\"PressTV-Saudi Arabia warns UAE-backed separatists as rift deepens\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/06\/605460\/UAE-Saudi-Arabia-Yemen-STC-south-separatists-Aden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PressTV-Saudi Arabia warns UAE-backed separatists as rift deepens<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/06\/605460\/UAE-Saudi-Arabia-Yemen-STC-south-separatists-Aden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saudi Arabia issues a stern warning to UAE-backed separatists, urging them to cede control of Aden in southern Yemen.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The war has also taken a heavy toll on the country\u2019s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. 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