From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Sun Nov 08 2009 - 11:09:00 EST
'Yemeni fighters shot down fighter jet'
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:53:09 GMT
Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have shot down a fighter jet during clashes
with government forces in north-western Yemen.
"Our anti-aircraft batteries shot down a military plane, which carried out
bombings in the city of Razeh, near the border with Saudi Arabia,"
Abdessalam Mohammad, a spokesman for the fighters, told AFP.
This is while, the Yemeni military said the plane crashed due to technical
problems.
The Sukhoi plane crashed during a raid on suspected strongholds of the
Houthi fighters in north-western Yemen, Colonel Askar Zuail on Sunday, a
military commander in the north-western Yemeni province of Saada, told DPA
by telephone.
He added that the "plane crashed due to a technical malfunction. The pilot
ejected and landed safely."
This is the third time Yemen has lost an air force fighter jet in Saada
since the army began its latest offensive on the Houthi fighters on August
11.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia says it has regained control of its border region of
Jabal Dukhan. The area was earlier seized by the Houthis.
Saudi warplanes have been targeting Houthi positions inside Yemen since
Thursday after four Saudi troopers reportedly went missing. Houthi fighters
say they captured the Saudi troops inside Yemeni territory.
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