{"id":36129,"date":"2023-11-09T05:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T05:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=36129"},"modified":"2023-11-09T05:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T05:49:08","slug":"iran-backed-yemeni-rebels-shoot-down-us-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=36129","title":{"rendered":"Iran-backed Yemeni rebels shoot down US drone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC News:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels have shot down a US military drone, US officials and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement have said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A US official said an MQ9 drone was shot down off the Yemeni coast by Houthi forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was confirmed by a Houthi military spokesman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes as Washington is on alert for activity by Iran-backed groups in the Middle East as its close ally Israel &#8211; a fierce rival of Tehran &#8211; battles Hamas in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, a US navy warship intercepted cruise missiles and several drones launched by the Houthis from Yemen towards Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US has moved military assets, including aircraft carriers, Marines and support ships, to the Middle East in the wake of regional tensions surrounding the Israel-Gaza war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This includes troops being stationed onboard military vessels in the Red Sea, which lies between Yemen and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels are backed by Iran, and have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-29319423\">locked in a prolonged civil war with Yemen&#8217;s official government <\/a>&#8211; supported by another Iran rival, Saudi Arabia &#8211; since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deputy leader of another Iran-backed group in the region, Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-67349605\"> told the BBC this week<\/a> that Israel&#8217;s killing of civilians in Gaza risks wider war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheikh Naim Qassem said that &#8220;very serious and very dangerous developments could occur in the region, and no one would be able to stop the repercussions&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the US also said on Wednesday that it had carried out strikes against a facility in eastern Syria that it said was used by Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pentagon official said the strikes, the second in recent weeks, were in response to attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the strike killed nine people affiliated with Iran-backed groups in Syria, a figure that could not be independently confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News: Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels have shot down a US military drone, US officials and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement have said. A US official said an MQ9 drone was shot down off the Yemeni coast by Houthi forces. This was confirmed by a Houthi military spokesman. It comes as Washington is on alert for activity by Iran-backed groups in the Middle East as its close ally Israel &#8211; a fierce rival of Tehran &#8211; battles Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Last month, a US navy warship intercepted cruise missiles and several drones launched by the Houthis from Yemen towards Israel&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36131,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36129\/revisions\/36131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}