{"id":31046,"date":"2026-07-15T05:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=31046"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:04:45","slug":"yemeni-armed-forces-down-saudi-reconnaissance-drone-over-al-bayda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/yemeni-armed-forces-down-saudi-reconnaissance-drone-over-al-bayda\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemeni Armed Forces Down Saudi Reconnaissance Drone Over Al Bayda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"font-weight-bold\">News &#8211; Yemen: The Yemeni Armed Forces announced they had shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone over Yemen&#8217;s central province of Al Bayda during a hostile mission.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"card-text detail\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the drone, identified as a Wing Loong II, was brought down in the early hours of Tuesday using an appropriate weapon while operating in the province&#8217;s airspace.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Saree reaffirmed that the Yemeni Armed Forces remain fully prepared to confront any violation of Yemen&#8217;s airspace and sovereignty, stressing they will not remain idle in the face of any aggression.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The incident came after the Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on Sana&#8217;a International Airport, causing extensive damage and further disrupting civilian air traffic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In response, the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Abha International Airport with ballistic missiles and drones, declaring a reciprocal &#8220;airport-for-airport&#8221; deterrence equation and warning that Saudi airports would remain vulnerable as long as attacks on Yemen and the blockade on Sana&#8217;a International Airport continue.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News &#8211; Yemen: The Yemeni Armed Forces announced they had shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone over Yemen&#8217;s central province of Al Bayda during a hostile mission. &nbsp; Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the drone, identified as a Wing Loong II, was brought down in the early hours of Tuesday using an appropriate &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis--"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31048,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31046\/revisions\/31048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}