Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down two American MQ-9 Reaper drones in under a week, the United States military acknowledged on Wednesday, further highlighting the regional spread of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft

Yemen's Houthis claim that they downed an American MQ-9 aircraft over Dhamar in Yemen in a public statement on Monday morning. They claimed the MQ-9 was carrying out "hostile missions," adding that the shooting down of the aircraft was the third such interception this week and the tenth since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.

Iran-backed terror group provides no evidence, but has brought down $30 million UAVs in the past; Houthis say US responded with airstrikes; Americans offer no comment

Yemen's Houthi rebels said early Sunday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down another MQ-9 reaper drone on Sunday, the third such drone to be destroyed in a week. The Iran-backed group claimed that they have destroyed 10th such MQ9 drone since the start of Gaza war after 7 October attack by Hamas last year.