An American drone that crashed off the coast of Yemen this week was possibly downed by Houthi rebels, CBS News reported, citing a US official. A US government official confirmed to The National that the MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed on Thursday off the coast of Yemen and said that “an investigation into the incident is under way”. There were no reported injuries.

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