Yemen... Downing of an American Drone and Targeting of a Ship in the Gulf of Aden

The spokesperson for the Yemeni armed forces affiliated with the "Ansar Allah" movement, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced the "downing of an American drone of the type (MQ-9) while it was conducting hostile activities in the airspace of Saada Governorate, using a locally-made surface-to-air missile." He stated in a statement that "the naval forces and missile force of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a joint military operation targeting the ship (Groton) in the Gulf of Aden with several ballistic missiles," indicating that "the strike was precise, and the targeting of the ship was due to the violation by its owning company of the prohibition on entering the ports of occupied Palestine."