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On February 19, the 5th Military District of the pro-Saudi Yemeni Armed Forces announced that its air defenses had shot down a Qasef-2K suicide drone of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) over the district of Harad in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah.
In a statement, the force claimed that the drone was one of eleven shot down by its air defenses over the span of the last two days.
The Qasef-2K is the Houthis’ own copy of the Iranian Ababil-2. The suicide drone, which has a range of 150 kilometers, is armed with a HE-FRAG [high explosive-fragmentation] warhead and equipped with a proximity fuse.
Two days earlier, the 5th Military District claimed that its air defenses shot down ten drones of the Houthis over Harad. Back then, the force shared footage showing a single Rujum armed hexacopter drone.
The 5th Military District has been leading a large-scale attack on Houthi forces in Harad district center for more than two weeks now. Despite receiving much support from the Saudi-led coalition, the force is yet to make any real gains in Harad. The Houthis are still in control of the district center and most nearby areas.
