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Fighter jet downed near Yemen’s Sana’a: Report

Yemenis stand at the site of a Saudi air strike near Sana’a Airport on March 26, 2015. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

Yemeni resistance forces have downed a fighter jet in the Bani Ziad region north of Yemen’s capital city of Sana'a, the al-Masirah satellite television station says.

The satellite network, which is affiliated to Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, did not provide further details on the incident.

Meanwhile, three security personnel of a military hospital were killed during a Saudi airstrike south of Sana’a, a medical source said early on Saturday.

On Friday, a Yemeni woman was killed and several other civilians were injured during an airstrike by Saudi warplanes in the Manaba district of the Yemeni northwestern city of Sa’ada.  

Some 50 people have been killed so far and dozens more injured across Yemen since the Saudi-led airstrikes began early on Thursday.

Riyadh says it has launched the strikes to defend the “legitimate government” of fugitive Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, upon his request.

Saudi airstrikes against the impoverished Arab country have drawn condemnation from many countries, including Iran, Iraq and Russia, as well as the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.

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