The Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman, Major General Turki al-Maliki, had announced that a military helicopter crashed in the Najran region, killing all those on board, and attributed the incident to a technical fault.

However, Yemen’s War Media Unit, known as Al-Alam al-Harbi, subsequently announced the release of footage showing the helicopter’s interception at noon Tehran time.

According to the Yemeni unit, the video shows the Saudi AH-6i being targeted and brought down by a domestically manufactured surface-to-air missile while carrying out hostile activities near Najran.

Najran ⁠has been subject to fighting in recent weeks as fighting between the Saudi coalition and the Yemeni military escalated.

The footage was presented as evidence contradicting the Saudi-led coalition’s explanation that the helicopter had crashed because of a technical malfunction.