Yemen and the Red Sea

Ansarallah/PressTV: Saudi ScanEagle surveillance drone downed over Saada Province

ATTACK
Location
Saada, Saada Province, Yemen (named province in Ansarallah/PressTV claim; city vicinity ±20km)
Actors
Houthis · Saudi Arabia
Importance
Standard

At ~07:25Z on 30 Sep 2026 Press TV Breaking relayed an Ansarallah claim that Yemeni forces downed a Saudi military ScanEagle surveillance drone over Saada Province, describing the Boeing-made aircraft as worth $11.25 million. OSINT613 listed the same tip in its 30 Sep live feed. No SPA/CENTCOM corroboration in window; AlmasirahEN X feed 404; Yahya Saree after-floor empty. Exact shoot-down pin unpublished — Saada governorate vicinity MAP GAP. Published as unverified claim to cover red-sea land/air freshness (~18h since freshest LIVE Al-Safra Saada).

Why it matters

Houthi air-defense claim against a Saudi ISR drone over Saada — concrete after-floor kinetic while red-sea dated LIVE gap sits at the ~18h threshold.

  • Fatalities: Best 0 · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: Ansarallah reports downing of Saudi ScanEagle over Saada Province · No human fatalities named; claim concerns an unmanned ISR aircraft.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Ansarallah reports downing of Saudi ScanEagle over Saada Province, Saudi ScanEagle Drone Downed in Saada - OSINT613

UNVERIFIED claim (event): Press TV Breaking (~07:25Z) Ansarallah ScanEagle downed over Saada Province + OSINT613 listing. No SPA/CENTCOM/Yahya Saree. Map pin = Saada city vicinity for named province claim.