Ansarullah Shoots Down Coalition Fighter Jet in Sa’ada

(FNA)- Yemen's Ansarullah revolutionaries shot down a Moroccan F-16 warplane during a Saudi-led air raid on the province of Sa'ada on Monday.

Yemen’s al-Massirah television said Ansarullah revolutionaries shot down the warplane in the Noshour Valley in Sa’ada with an anti-air gun on Monday.

Reports also said that the downed fighter jet was flying at a low altitude.

Earlier, the Moroccan air force announced in a statement that an F-16 warplane taking part in the Saudi-led air raids on the impoverished country had gone missing

"One of the F-16s of the Royal Armed Force (FAR) that was sent to operate under the Saudi-led coalition went missing on Sunday at 6 pm local time," the statement cited by the Moroccan state news agency said.

"The pilot of a second jet in the same squadron could not see if the pilot had ejected," it said. An investigation is under way, it added.

Morocco has sent half a dozen F-16 warplanes to take part in the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen.

Saudi Arabia launched its bombing campaign against Yemen on March 26 in an attempt to restore power to fugitive President Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

The Monarchy's attacks have so far claimed the lives of at least 3,623 civilians, mostly women and children.