Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed they shot down a US MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out “hostile missions” in the airspace of Marib Governorate. The aircraft was shot down with a locally-made surface-to-air missile, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on Wednesday.

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