The Houthi insurgents of Yemen have assured this Monday that they have managed to shoot down an armed drone belonging to Saudi Arabia in the province of Yauf, a region located in the interior of the country and bordering the Saudi kingdom, whose authorities support the Yemeni government recognized by the international community and head a military coalition in its support.
"Our armed forces, by the grace of God, have brought down an armed reconnaissance drone CH4 of the Saudi enemy while carrying out hostile operations in the airspace of the province of Yauf", the Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Sari, has stated on social media.
In that same message, the military representative emphasized that "this is the fourth drone of this type that has been shot down since the escalation of the fighting began." Sari himself had already reported in early September the shootdown of three unmanned aircraft—two 'Wing Long II' and one 'CH4'.
Moments before announcing this latest shootdown, the spokesperson also released a tally of Saudi air operations since Sunday, which included "103 airstrikes against civilian areas in the provinces of Marib, Sada, Hodeida, Taiz, Lahj and Yauf".
"These attacks, carried out by F-15 and Typhoon aircraft operating from the air bases of Jamis Mushait and Taif, have caused civilian casualties", he denounced, before raising the total number of bombings "led by Saudi Arabia" to 4,563 since the start of the current phase of violence.
For his part, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health designated by the Houthi authorities, Anis Alasbahi, has offered his own assessment and has set the number of deaths at 355 and the number of injuries at 757 as a consequence of the military operations of their adversaries, attributing responsibility for these figures to Riyadh.