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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones. They aired footage Saturday of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. The Houthis said they shot down the Reaper with a surface-to-air missile. The U.S.

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  1. Fox News

    Iranian-backed Houthis claim responsibility for US reaper drone crash off Yemen coast (opens Fox News)

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    Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone crash off the coast of Yemen on Thursday, making it the fourth drone downed by Iran proxy groups since November.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Yemen (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones. They aired footage Saturday of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones. They aired footage Saturday of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. The Houthis said they shot down the Reaper with a surface-to-air missile. The U.S.

  4. Portland Press Herald

    Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing U.S. Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The Houthis said they shot down the Predator with a surface-to-air missile, part of a renewed series of assaults this week by the rebels after a relative lull in their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone (opens Al Jazeera)

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    MV Andromeda Star suffers damage and MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down in latest escalation by the Houthis.

  6. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Yemen’s Houthi terrorists claim downing U.S. Reaper drone (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Yemen’s Houthi terrorists on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones.

  7. Forbes

    Yemen Houthis Say They Downed A $30 Million U.S. Reaper Drone—Again (opens Forbes)

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    The drone, which cost about $30 million, is the third of its kind to be shot down in Yemen since November as part of the Houthis mission to support Hamas.

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