# Houthis claim Saudi F-15 shootdown as Yemen fighting escalates

https://mins.news/en/video/62846

- France 24 English, 2026-09-17 14:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuVSI7QX9Yo

> Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage they say shows the wreckage of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet. If confirmed, it would be their first fighter-jet shootdown. The claim comes as fighting intensifies, with the Houthis expanding control around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the UN urging both sides back to negotiations.

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