(AhlulBayt News Agency) - "An F16 fighter jet of the Saudi-led Jordanian air force was downed by the Yemeni forces' air defense system in Najran province in Southwestern Saudi Arabia on Friday," the Arabic-language Sabanet news agency quoted a Yemeni military source as saying on Saturday.
The source did not provide any further detail about the downing of Jordan's F16 fighter jet.
The news came as the Saudi-led command center had claimed that one of the coalition's warplanes had crashed due to technical fault.
Jordan is a member-state of the Saudi-led coalition which are taking part in the war on the Yemeni people.
In a relevant development on Wednesday, the Yemeni forces' missiles and artillery units pounded a strategic military bases in Najran province.
"The concentration center of the Saudi-led troops in Saudi Arabia's National Guards military base at the entrance of al-Khazra region in Najran province was destroyed in artillery and Katyusha rocket attacks on Tuesday night," the Yemeni army's missile unit announced in a statement.
The Yemeni army also announced that it has fired a mid-range ballistic missile at the gathering centers of the Saudi-backed militias in Bab al-Mandab region.
Also on Tuesday, the Yemeni army and popular forces pounded and destroyed a strategic military base in Jizan province with BM-27 Uragan rockets.
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