# Verified video shows wreckage of Saudi fighter jet shot down over Yemen

https://mins.news/en/item/63058

- BBC News, 2026-09-17 13:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vgy3p6k3y9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> BBC Verify confirmed that footage released by the Houthis was filmed in western Yemen and shows the wreckage of a Saudi F-15. The group says it used a locally made surface-to-air missile to bring down the jet over Marib. Experts called the incident a propaganda coup and said it demonstrated advances in Houthi military capability.

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