SHOTLIST SANAA, YEMEN (APRIL 9, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT "HOUTHI PRESS OFFICE" HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO ---EDITORIAL USE ONLY) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN, YAHYA SAREE SAYING: “In response to the ongoing American aggression against our country and in retaliation for its horrific massacres against our people, the U.S. has carried out a number of airstrikes over the past hours on various regions, resulting in martyrs, wounded, and damage to citizens' property.” 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN, YAHYA SAREE SAYING: “By the grace of Allah Almighty, our air defenses successfully shot down an enemy American MQ-9 aircraft while carrying out hostile missions in the skies of Al-Jawf Governorate, using a suitable, a domestically made surface-to-air missile. This marks the third aircraft our air defenses have downed in ten days and the eighteenth since the beginning of the 'Promised Conquest and Sacred Jihad' in support of Gaza.” 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN, YAHYA SAREE SAYING: “The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm their continued operations in support of Gaza and their commitment to carrying out defensive duties to counter any aggression against our country. They remain fully prepared to responsibly address any attempts to undermine the sovereignty, security, and stability of our nation. Our operations will not cease until the aggression against Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.”SANAA, YEMEN (APRIL 9, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT "HOUTHI PRESS OFFICE" HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO ---EDITORIAL USE ONLY) The Yemeni Houthi group claimed on Wednesday to have shot down a US drone in northeastern Yemen, amid an exchange of attacks with Washington. Military spokesman Yahya Saree said that a US MQ-9 drone was intercepted “while carrying out hostile missions” over Al-Jawf province in northeastern Yemen. He said the drone was brought down by “a domestically made surface-to-air missile." Saree said the drone was the third to have been downed in 10 days and the 18th since the group started its military operations in support of Gaza following Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave in October 2023. There was no immediate comment from the US on the claim. The Houthi spokesman said that US airstrikes continued in several areas across Yemen in the past few hours, causing civilian casualties. The Houthi-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday that eight people were killed and 16 others injured in US airstrikes in Al-Hawak district in the coastal Al-Hudaydah province. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV also reported US strikes targeting telecommunications networks in the provinces of Ibb and Amran in northern Yemen. According to the Houthi-run Health Ministry figures, US airstrikes in Yemen have killed at least 78 civilians and injured 196 others since March 15. Last month, US President Donald Trump said that he had ordered "decisive and powerful military action" against the Houthis and later threatened to "completely annihilate them." The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has killed more than 50,800 people. The group halted attacks when a Gaza ceasefire was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, but resumed them after renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza last month.