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Yemen conflict: UAE jet missing on mission against Houthis | |
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The United Arab Emirates has said that one of its warplane taking part in a mission against Houthi rebels in Yemen is missing. | |
The country's official news agency, WAM, announced the disappearance without giving further details. | |
The Saudi-led coalition of which UAE is a part has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March 2015 in support of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. | |
Some 6,000 people have been killed in the Yemen conflict. | |
It is the first known loss of an Emirati jet in the conflict. | |
In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed in Saudi Arabia due to a "technical error", while in May a Moroccan warplane came down over Yemen. | |
Both jets were taking part in the Yemen campaign, which has the codename "Operation Decisive Storm" |