Social media accounts posted a video claiming to document the recent downing of a US MQ-9 drone in Hajjah Governorate. The video was accompanied by the following description: “Breaking| Yemeni air defenses shoot down a US MQ-9 drone in Hajjah Governorate.”
Kashif verified the video and found it to be old and falsely linked to the downing of a US MQ-9 drone by Yemeni air defenses in Hajjah Governorate. The video, which was circulated in May 2024, documents the downing of a US MQ-9 drone over Marib Governorate.
The Yemeni War Media account on X published the video on 17/5/2024, accompanied by the following text: “Scenes of Yemeni air defenses shooting down the American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile actions in the airspace of Ma’rib Governorate.”
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Sunday, 13/4/2025, that they had shot down an American MQ-9 drone in the airspace of Hajjah Governorate using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile. The forces stated that this drone was one of four downed in the space of two weeks and the nineteenth during the “Promised Victory and Holy Jihad” battle.
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| Field events Nasr Rima Majed Al-Barqi Al-Rimi | Yemeni War Media (1) Yemeni War Media (2) |