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Houthi UAV Shot Down Over Abha

January 31 2019

Saudi Arabia

Authorities say they have downed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in southwestern Saudi Arabia, reports the National (Abu Dhabi). 

Radar tracked the UAV over the city of Abha and it was subsequently shot down, a coalition spokesman said on Wednesday. 

Analysis determined that the drone was of Iranian manufacture and operated by Houthi rebels, the spokeswoman said. 

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the leading countries in the coalition, have long accused Iran of supplying...

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