Yemeni air defences have on Wednesday shot down a reconnaissance fighter plane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition forces over the airspace of the border area between Saada and Amran provinces in northern Yemen.
In a brief statement, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e said that the Air Defences managed in the early morning to down a CH4 Chinese-made surveillance fighter jet belonging to the Saudi-led forces , while it was carrying out hostile acts over over the airspace of al-Amashyah area between the provinces of Saada and Amran.
تمكنت دفاعاتنا الجوية بفضل الله من إسقاط طائرة استطلاع مقاتلة صينية الصنع CH4 تابعة لسلاح الجو السعودي في الساعات الأولى من صباح اليوم بصاروخ أرض جو لم يتم الإعلان عنه بعد، وذلك أثناء قيامها بأعمال عدائية في أجواء منطقة العمشية بين محافظتي صعدة وعمران.
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The drone was targeted with a surface-to-air missile, of a newly developed type that has not been announced to public yet, according to the statement.
