The Houthis in Yemen announced yesterday that they had shot down a US drone, while a group leader threatened Israel with open war and devastating strikes in response to its deadly raids on Al Hudaydah Governorate in the west of the country.

An American drone shot down on 16 September was the tenth of its kind since the group started to target Israeli-owned and Israel-bound merchant ships in the Red Sea out of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
The MQ-9 has advanced features that are highly reliable. It can reach 370 kilometres per hour, has a 20-metre wingspan, and weighs more than 2,200 kilograms.