# What sparked the latest Houthi-Saudi escalation?

https://mins.news/en/video/61421

- TRT World, 2026-09-16 17:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAw7mnu0Ko

> Yemen’s Ansarullah Houthi group has released footage it says shows a Saudi F-15 fighter jet being shot down in Marib. The group also says Saudi Arabia has carried out more than 450 air strikes across Yemen this week. Maysaa Shuja al-Deen of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies explains the escalation.

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