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Saudi military helicopter crashes near Yemen border, killing two officers
- •A military helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Najran region, resulting in the deaths of both officers on board.
- •Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, confirmed the incident and attributed it to a technical malfunction.
- •Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility, alleging that they shot down a Saudi helicopter in the Najran region.
- •Houthi military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated on social media that multiple hostile aircraft have been targeted recently.
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According to Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, the AH-6I reconnaissance helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Najran region due to a technical malfunction, resulting in the deaths of both officers on board.
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed that they shot down a Saudi Apache or armed reconnaissance helicopter in Najran, with Houthi armed forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree stating it was the fourth such aircraft downed since recent tensions began and the seventh overall.
Saudi-led forces launched attacks on several positions around the Yemeni city of Taiz to break the Houthi siege on this new front, while state media reported that Yemeni forces stated 8 of their soldiers were killed in the southern province of Lahij.
