Madison Pollak//US drone shot down in Yemen

The U.S military is conducting two primary missions in Yemen, a counterterriosm mission targeting al Qaeda in Yemen and non-combat support to the Saudi-led coalition. Yemen is currently afflicted by a civil war between the Houti rebels whom control the Country’s north, which includes an internationally recognized government backed by Saudi Arabia and control over Yemen’s capital.  On Sunday the Houthi controlled defense ministry divulged that it had shot down an American surveillance drone in the outskirts of Sanaa (Yemen’s capital). MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle that was shot down, is under investigation and the pentagon will not say that mission the U.S drone was supporting citing security concerns.

The U.S conducts counterterrisom missions in Yemen targeting al Qaeda, since January 2017 the U.S military has conducted over 100 strikes in Yemen against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. This information which comes from the pentagon led me to believe that the U.S drone being shot down should come as no surprise due to the U.S conducting many strikes in Yemen, the Houthi probably attacked the drone as a form of defense because they view the U.S as a threat.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/politics/us-drone-shot-down-yemen/index.html