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| Yemen war: Saudi-led coalition warplane crashes | Yemen war: Saudi-led coalition warplane crashes |
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| A warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf. | A warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen 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 army units, according to Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA. | A coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had "fallen" while carrying out a support mission near Yemeni army units, according to Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA. |
| Yemen's Houthi rebels said they shot down the plane. | Yemen's Houthi rebels said they shot down the plane. |
| The Saudi-led coalition has been battling the rebel Houthi movement since 2015. | The Saudi-led coalition has been battling the rebel Houthi movement since 2015. |
| It intervened after the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from power in the capital Sanaa. | It intervened after the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from power in the capital Sanaa. |
| The Houthi rebels said they used ground-to-air 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. | |
| Saudi Arabia has not provided details of any casualties from the crash, or what caused it. | |
| What's the background? | |
| Yemen has been at war since 2015, when President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his cabinet were forced to flee the capital Sanaa by the Houthis. | |
| Saudi Arabia backs Mr Hadi, and has led a coalition of regional countries in air strikes against the rebels. | |
| The coalition carries out air strikes almost every day, while the Houthis often fire missiles into Saudi Arabia. | |
| The civil war has triggered the world's worst humanitarian disaster, with an estimated 80% of the population - more than 24 million people - requiring humanitarian assistance or protection. | |
| Tens of thousands of people have died as a result of the conflict. |