Iranian-backed terrorists in Yemen shot down a U.S. military drone over international waters on Wednesday, which comes after U.S. forces throughout the region have been repeatedly attacked by Iran’s terrorist proxies.

A U.S. defense official confirmed the incident to CNN and said that U.S. Central Command was investigating.

The Houthis, an Iranian-backed terrorist group in Yemen that the Biden administration delisted as a terror group back in 2021, claimed credit for downing the $56.5 million MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea.

Iran shot down a U.S. drone back in June of 2019 with a surface-to-air missile and then-President Donald Trump initially approved a retaliatory strike against Iran before backing off his decision.

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