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Emirati Fighting Jet Missing in Yemen

Emirati Fighting Jet Missing in Yemen
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An Emirati fighter jet taking part in the Saudi- led aggression on Yemen has gone missing, the United Arab Emirates said Monday.

Emirati Fighting Jet Missing in Yemen

"The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces announced today that a fighter jet taking part in the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia... in Yemen was missing," said a statement on the official WAM news agency.

Several Saudi aircraft have been downed in Yemen by the country's army and popular committees since the beginning of the Saudi aggression in March last year, and at least two coalition jets have crashed in the impoverished country.

Security officials and witnesses stated that a jet had crashed into a nearby mountain on Monday as coalition warplanes operated in the vicinity.

Apache helicopters were taking part in the fighting on Monday, security officials said.

The UAE did not immediately give details on the missing plane.

In May 2015, the Yemeni forces shot down a Moroccan F-16 warplane. In December that year, a Bahraini F-16 jet crashed on the Saudi Arabian side of the border with Yemen in the northern Saudi province of Jizan, after suffering a technical problem.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which play key roles in the coalition, have suffered the alliance's heaviest losses in Yemen, with dozens of soldiers killed.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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