{"id":115491,"date":"2015-05-11T16:10:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=115491"},"modified":"2015-05-13T06:39:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T06:39:30","slug":"yemeni-houthis-share-video-images-of-downed-moroccan-f16-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=115491","title":{"rendered":"Yemeni Houthis share video, images of &#8216;downed&#8217; Moroccan F16 jet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Russia Today &#8212; May 11, 2015<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for downing Moroccan F16 fighter that Saudi-led coalition earlier declared missing. A Houthi TV channel broadcast a video that Iran-allied fighters said showed the wreckage of an F-16 plane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;The air defence of the tribes shot down a warplane over Wadi Nushur, in Saada,&#8221; Houthi news channel Al Maseera said. The channel broadcasted pictures showing local tribesmen celebrating a victory near the F-16 wreckage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Iran-backed Shia group claimed the Moroccan jet was downed by a surface-to-air missile in Wadi Nashour area in the northwestern province of Saada, a Houthi stronghold near the border with Saudi Arabia, while conducting airstrikes Sunday<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pro-Houthi channel Almaseera is airing footage of downed Moroccan F16 fighter jet in Yemen. Fate of pilot unknown. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ARjRyLPy9w\">pic.twitter.com\/ARjRyLPy9w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ala&#39;a al shehabi (@alaashehabi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alaashehabi\/status\/597727924729597952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, representing one of eight Arab states to have joined Saudi Arabia\u2019s coalition, said that their F-16 fighter jet that took part in the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen had gone missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;One of the F-16s of the Royal Armed Force put at the disposal of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia to restore legitimacy in Yemen went missing on Sunday at 6pm local time,&#8221; the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pictures of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Moroccan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Moroccan<\/a> F16 downed over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yemen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yemen<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Houthis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Houthis<\/a> who claimed to have used surface-air missiles. Pilot MIA <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XMlJ2FkPUK\">pic.twitter.com\/XMlJ2FkPUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAhronheim\/status\/597707957011283968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Royal Armed Force, however, would not confirm the video aired by Al Maseera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The investigation to determine the plane&#8217;s approximate location is under way, a Saudi official told AFP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;It is definitely inside Yemen and it is a single pilot on board,&#8221; the Saudi official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8xt06yG91Q?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The disappearance of the F-16 could jeopardize a five-day humanitarian truce proposed by Saudi Arabia starting Tuesday. While the Houthis accepted the ceasefire, Colonel Sharaf Luqman said any violation of the ceasefire would prompt a military response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Saudi-led operation against Houthi militia forces has entered its seventh week. Nearly 1,250 people have been killed, and at least 5,044 people injured between March 19 and April 27, the World Health Organization said Friday. Local estimates on the ground are much higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Houthi rebels took control of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in September 2014, in a move that forced Sunni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/257457-yemen-houthis-moroccan-jet\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yemeni rebels aligned with Tehran claim to have shot down a Moroccan F16 fighter that the Saudi-led coalition had earlier declared missing. 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