Sanaa: Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels said Monday that they shot down a warplane of the Saudi-led coalition, shortly after Morocco said one of its fighter jets had gone missing on a sortie.
"The air defence of the tribes shot down a warplane over Wadi Nushur, in Saada," the rebels' northern stronghold, Houthi news channel Al-Masirah said, broadcasting images of tribesmen celebrating around the wreckage of a plane.
The television said it was an F-16 fighter jet while the footage showed a Moroccan flag on a broken rudder lying on a rocky patch.
"A second plane which was flying in formation was not able to see whether the pilot ejected," it added.
"It is definitely inside Yemen and it is a single pilot on board," the Saudi official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
According to Moroccan press reports, the kingdom has deployed a squadron of six F-16s for the operation.
"The air defence of the tribes shot down a warplane over Wadi Nushur, in Saada," the rebels' northern stronghold, Houthi news channel Al-Masirah said, broadcasting images of tribesmen celebrating around the wreckage of a plane.
The television said it was an F-16 fighter jet while the footage showed a Moroccan flag on a broken rudder lying on a rocky patch.
"A second plane which was flying in formation was not able to see whether the pilot ejected," it added.
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"It is definitely inside Yemen and it is a single pilot on board," the Saudi official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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According to Moroccan press reports, the kingdom has deployed a squadron of six F-16s for the operation.
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