{"id":331146,"date":"2026-09-17T06:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=331146"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:25:31","slug":"houthis-issue-video-of-saudi-f-15-shootdown-as-ground-clashes-intensify-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=331146","title":{"rendered":"Houthis Issue Video Of Saudi F-15 Shootdown, As Ground Clashes Intensify In Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tyler Durden \u2013 Zero Hedge Sept 16, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The Houthis have released new footage which appears to confirm the earlier Saudi F-15 jet shootdown, with aircraft falling in the Marib area. The footage shows militants celebrating near the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the clip as released by Ansar Allah officials, which has since been given confirmation by some foreign and international <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RT_com\/status\/2100229643827548596\">outlets<\/a>. It suggests that the Houthis have locally-made ability to down advanced aircraft, which should seriously worry Riyadh and Washington.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0645\u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f \u0646\u0648\u0639\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0625\u0633\u0642\u0627\u0637 \u0637\u0627\u0626\u0631\u0629 \u0645\u0642\u0627\u062a\u0644\u0629 \u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0646\u0648\u0639 F15 \u0648\u062d\u0637\u0627\u0645\u0647\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u0629 \u0645\u0623\u0631\u0628 &#8211; 16 \u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 2026\u0645 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rk0suliePT\">pic.twitter.com\/rk0suliePT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628\u064a \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0646\u064a (@MMY1444) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMY1444\/status\/2100227434750628161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the latest on the fighting in Yemen, clashes are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/9\/16\/iran-war-live-irans-top-diplomat-heads-to-china-as-war-drags-on\">intensifying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Yemen\u2019s pro-government Southern Giants Forces say that they are engaged in clashes with Houthi forces on the Kahboub front near the Bab al-Mandeb strait.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The government-aligned forces claim in a social media post that they have inflicted heavy personnel and equipment losses on the Houthi forces.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Global oil prices continue climbing amid a slew of negative headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WRIGHT: LOOKING AT USING DPA TO INCREASE REFINING CAPACITY<\/li>\n<li>WRIGHT ON EAST-WEST PIPELINE: 3 PUMPING STATIONS WERE HIT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From bad to worse for the coalition:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like the Yemenis weren&#8217;t lying about downing a Saudi jet today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2t4tTYoa6F\">pic.twitter.com\/2t4tTYoa6F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RWApodcast\/status\/2100229336573862308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yemen&#8217;s Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement has <strong>claimed to have shot down a Saudi fighter jet <\/strong>in a Wednesday statement, saying they utilized domestic made munitions to do it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Yemeni Armed Forces, with Allah&#8217;s aid and grace, succeeded in shooting down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet while it was carrying out hostile operations,&#8221; Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/16\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-houthi-fighter-jet-mecca-drone.html\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said the fighter jet had been targeted <strong>&#8220;using a locally made&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>missile\u00a0over Marib &#8211; after the Saudi coalition has launched some 450 strikes. The area of the alleged downing is some 75 miles east of Sanaa.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi authorities have not acknowledged any shootdown and have not immediately commented on the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, the big news out of the conflict focused on Saudi claims that it had intercepted a Houthi drone targeting Yemen in a &#8220;heinous&#8221; act targeting Islam&#8217;s holiest site.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Houthis are vehemently denying sending a drone on Mecca. &#8220;Our operations target its oil facilities and military bases, which are <strong>far removed from the sacred sites<\/strong>,&#8221; Saree said further.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthi military spokesman called out the &#8220;<strong>fabrications and lies propagated<\/strong> by the criminal al-Saud regime cannot deceive anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Missile alerts had been issued for the population of Mecca, and plenty of old and fake social media videos purported to capture footage of a drone inbound on Mecca, but so far no clear evidence has emerged of the alleged targeting.<\/p>\n<p>But the Saudi claims were enough to get Pakistan&#8217;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to condemn Wednesday &#8220;in the strongest possible terms the dastardly and heinous&#8221; the alleged attack on Mecca.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of Pakistan are saddened and perturbed by this outrageous act,&#8221; he said on X.<\/p>\n<p><em>Unconfirmed image of downed jet posted by Iranian state media:<\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On Wednesday morning, Yemeni Army confirmed that it had shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter aircraft over Marib Province. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4nk1d1DYi6\">pic.twitter.com\/4nk1d1DYi6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IRNA News Agency \u262b (@IrnaEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IrnaEnglish\/status\/2100106675478753727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan and Turkey just recently this summer signed a comprehensive &#8220;Mecca Defense Pact&#8221;, and the Saudi claims that Mecca was targeted by drone are <strong>perhaps intended to secure the help of allies in dealing with the advancing Houthis menace while a Red Sea &#8216;siege for siege&#8217; policy is still in effect<\/strong>. As for the lates developments to emerge Wednesday, via Newsquawk:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Houthis say they carried out two military operations, targeting Saudi Aramco in Yanbu with dozens of ballistic missiles and drones and Khamis Mushait Air Base with a number of ballistic missiles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The damaged Saudi East-West pipeline could still take five to six weeks to come back online, according to some estimates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/houthis-claim-saudi-jet-shootdown-blast-mecca-drone-reports-fabrications-lies\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houthis claim to have shot down the F-15 with a locally made missile. 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