Two Saudi pilots killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border
RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis on Sunday said two pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Yemen border, after the Iran-backed group said it shot the aircraft down.
Two Saudi pilots were killed in a helicopter crash near the Yemen border, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis. The coalition claimed the incident was caused by a technical malfunction, while the Houthis asserted they shot down the aircraft. This marks the first military fatalities for the coalition since the ongoing war with the Houthis reignited in July.
The attack comes a week after a series of strikes by the Houthis killed 13 people at Riyadh's international airport, the deadliest attack in Saudi Arabia in over a decade. The conflict in Yemen has intensified following the Houthis' seizure of strategic territory along the Red Sea coast last month.
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