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    Yemen war: Saudi-led coalition warplane crashes

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    A warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf.

    A coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had “fallen” while carrying out a support mission near Yemeni units, according to Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA.

    Yemen's Houthi rebels said they shot down the plane.

    The Saudi-led coalition has been battling the rebel Houthi movement since 2015.

    It intervened after the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from in the capital Sanaa.

    The Houthi rebels said they used ground-to- missiles to down the warplane on Friday night. They also accused the coalition of killing 30 people in retaliatory airstrikes in al-Jawf on Saturday.

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