Arab Coalition says it shot down Iranian-made drone in Yemen

Soldiers with a military coalition in Yemen backed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE gather outside a hospital in Yemen's flashpoint port city of Hodeida, on January 22, 2019. (AFP)

JEDDAH: The Arab Coalition fighting in Yemen said it has shot down an Iranian-made drone near Sanaa. 

Speaking at a press conference, coalition spokesperson Colonel Turki Al-Maliki made the remarks whilst showing pictures of the drone that had been shot down.

Al-Maliki said they also targeted drone experts and depots for drones near Sanaa.

More pictures were displayed of the coalition’s efforts to ease humanitarian aid operations in war-torn Yemen.