19 Apr 2024
Wednesday 25 January 2017 - 18:14
Story Code : 248492

Yemeni forces shoot down militant Apache helicopter



Press TV- Yemeni forces have shot down an Apache helicopter belonging to pro-Saudi forces in the countrys airspace.

Reports said the chopper was downed in the Dhubab district of Taizz Province, north of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Al-Masirah TV network reported that Yemeni army troops had also stopped pro-Saudi forces from making advancements in several areas.

Meanwhile, Saudi jets repeatedly pounded different districts in Mahwit and Marib provinces, reports said.

According to the reports, theresidential areas in Matun district of Jawf Province were bombed by Saudi jets as well.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] The photo shows the ruins of a Yemeni home hit in a Saudi airstrike on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. (By Reuters)[/caption]

Elsewhere, a woman was injured as Saudi fighter jets bombed Zabira village in Kersh district of Lahij Province.

Saudi Arabia launched its deadly campaign against Yemen in March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall Yemens fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

The war has left at least 11,400 civilians dead, according to a latest tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.

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