As Reported by Qods News Agency (Qodsna) "Yemen's air defenses have managed to down a Saudi Apache helicopter with a surface-to-air missile using new technology which we will unveil in the near future," Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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"It was shot down this morning in the Majaza area facing [Saudi Arabia's] Asir while carrying out hostile operations," Saree said.The spokesman added that the helicopter had been fully destroyed and that its two Saudi crew members had been killed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n "The Armed Forces will counter all hostile attempts until complete coverage for Yemen's airspace can be provided," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n The development comes against the backdrop of a string of major Yemeni military victories in the past months.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Earlier this week, Yemeni forces claimed to have successfully carried out a major drone and ballistic missile attack targeting Mukha port in Yemen’s southern province of Ta'izz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Some 350 Saudi-led forces were either killed or wounded during the attack, Saree said at the time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Yemen’s army and allied Ansarullah fighters launch an extensive attack on the positions of Saudi troops and their allies in Mukha.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Late September, Yemeni forces declared the conclusion of a major military offensive targeting Saudi-led forces in the kingdom’s southern border region of Najran, killing at least 200 enemy troops and capturing another 2,000, according to officials.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Two weeks earlier, Yemeni forces bypassed the oil-rich kingdom's foreign supplied air defenses and launched a highly successful attack on two Saudi oil facilities, temporarily halting more than half of the country's oil production.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n Reports have since emerged showing that Riyadh has been seeking to negotiate an end to what has turned into a “quagmire<\/a>” for the kingdom.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n