Live: The Saudi-led coalition announced the killing of two pilots after a helicopter crashed near the border with Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition supporting the Yemeni government announced on Sunday the killing of two pilots after their patrol helicopter crashed near the border with Yemen due to a technical malfunction. This is the first time Riyadh has announced military casualties since the escalation with the Houthis weeks ago. The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sari, noted on Saturday that the Houthi forces shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter near Najran, while it was carrying out what he described as "hostile operations against the positions of our forces on the border, and it was shot down with appropriate weapons." It is not clear if the two sides are talking about the same plane. Follow the live coverage.

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