"A plane of the F-15S type was stricken by a technical fault yesterday evening over the Red Sea and the two pilots were forced to use their rescue seats," state news agency SPA quoted a defense ministry official saying.
"Praise be to God, the pilots were rescued in coordination with the American side, and the two pilots are in good health and high spirits," the official said.
A US defense official said earlier on Friday that the US military rescued the two Saudi pilots in international waters by a helicopter from Djibouti after Saudi Arabia requested assistance.
Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition of Arab and Gulf countries in the second day of a bombing campaign against Iran-allied Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen who are fighting against the Saudi-backed president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
[jpost.com by Reuters]
28/3/15
--
-
Related:
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
EUA resgatam dois pilotos sauditas na costa do Iémen...
ReplyDeleteOs militares norte-americanos resgataram, quinta-feira, dois pilotos sauditas que se ejetaram dos aviões na costa do Iémen, depois de atingidos pelos rebeldes, informaram sexta-feira fontes oficiais.
Na sequência do resgate, o rei da Arábia Saudita agradeceu ao presidente norte-americano, Barack Obama.
Na sexta-feira, Barack Obama falou ao telefone com o rei saudita sobre a situação no Iémen e assegurou o apoio dos Estados Unidos aos atuais esforços da coligação árabe, afirmou em comunicado a Casa Branca.
Segundo o comunicado, Barack Obama reafirmou a "forte amizade entre os Estados Unidos e a Arábia Saudita" e aos seus aliados no Iémen................http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Mundo/Interior.aspx?content_id=4480970&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JN-ULTIMAS+%28JN+-+Ultimas%29&page=-1
Saudi navy rescues diplomats from Aden...
ReplyDeleteThe Saudi navy has evacuated 86 Saudi, Arab and Western diplomats from the southern Yemeni port city Aden, reported Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday.
The evacuation mission involved two navy ships, planes and commandos, Al Arabiya reported.
Earlier on Saturday, Saudi defense minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman - who is supervising the campaign against Houthi militias in Yemen - sent three planes to evacuate a U.N. mission in the capital Sanaa.
The U.N. mission demanded airspace to allow the planes to secure their evacuation from the Yemeni capital to Ethiopia.
The evacuation was met with obstacles, however, as Houthi militias prevented nearly 140 people from the U.N. mission from leaving by surrounding their base.
As the Saudi-led “Operation Decisive Storm,” continues into its third day, source confirmed to the channel the coalition strikes destroyed a large Houthi ballistic missile stockpile in the capital Sanaa...............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/28/Saudi-navy-rescues-86-Arab-and-Western-diplomats-from-Aden-.html
28/3/15
King Salman vows to continue Yemen campaign...
ReplyDeleteSaudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Saturday vowed that the Saudi-led military operation against Houthi militias in Yemen will not stop until the country is stable and safe, saying the Iranian-backed militias pose a threat to the region’s security.
The campaign “will continue until it achieves its goals for the Yemeni people to enjoy security,” King Salman said in a speech shortly after the opening of the 26th Arab League Summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Arriving by air shortly before, he was recieved by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Arab heads of state have headed to Egypt over the weekend to start the two-day summit, where the crisis in Yemen will dominate talks.
The summit is being held just two days after a Saudi-led regional coalition launched a military campaign “Operation Decisive Storm” against the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, who have taken control of major cities - including the capital Sanaa - in the west of Yemen................http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/28/King-Salman-arrives-in-Egypt-for-Arab-summit-.html
28/3/15
Egypt's Sisi backs unified Arab force to confront regional threats...
ReplyDeleteEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told an Arab League summit on Saturday that Cairo backed calls for a unified Arab force to confront regional security threats.
Sisi also said Egypt's participation in a military campaign against Shi'ite Houthi militias in Yemen, which has been led by Saudi Arabia, aimed to "preserve Yemen's unity and the peace of its territories."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/28/us-mideast-crisis-arabs-sisi-idUSKBN0MO0CQ20150328?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
28/3/15