Yemen: Ansarullah Shoots Down Coalition Fighter Jet in Sa'ada

TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemen's Ansarullah revolutionaries shot down a Moroccan F-16 warplane during a Saudi-led air raid on the province of Sa'ada on Monday. Yemen’s al-Massirah television said Ansarullah revolutionaries shot down the warplane in the Noshour Valley in Sa’ada with an anti-air gun on Monday. Reports also said that the downed fighter jet was flying at a low altitude. Earlier, the Moroccan air force announced in a statement that an F-16 warplane taking part in the Saudi-led air raids on the impoverished country had gone missing "One of the F-16s of the Royal Armed Force (FAR) that was sent to operate under the Saudi-led coalition went missing on Sunday at 6 pm local time," the statement cited by the Moroccan state news agency said. "The pilot of a second jet in the same squadron could not see if the pilot had ejected," it said. An investigation is under way, it added. Morocco has sent half a dozen F-16 warplanes to take part in the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen. Saudi Arabia launched its bombing campaign against Yemen on March 26 in an attempt to restore power to fugitive President Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh. Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.