"An air defense system with a surface-to-air missile managed to shoot down a US reconnaissance drone ScanEagle, which was carrying out hostile actions in the province of Marib," spokesman for the Houthi armed forces Yahya al-Saria wrote on Twitter.
According to him, the operation was documented and will be presented in the media later.
In May, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order extending the Yemen emergency until May 16, 2022.
In February, the United States removed the Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthis) movement from the list of foreign terrorist organizations.