Sanaa — Yemen’s government forces said on Sunday that it shot down two bomb-laden drones launched by the Houthi militia over the past 24 hours.
In a statement aired by Yemeni TV, the army said that one drone was downed in the central province of Marib, while the other one was intercepted near Al-Hazm, the capital city of the northeastern province of Al-Jawf.
A noticeable upsurge in Houthi attacks across Yemen since the six-month national peace collapsed on Oct. 2 has raised concerns about potential major confrontations. Yemen’s internationally-recognized government said last week that it started to tighten up precautionary security measures around key production facilities in some southern regions.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi group stormed several northern cities and forced the Saudi-backed Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the country to the brink of starvation.