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Saudi-led coalition says helicopter crash in Najran kills two crew members

Global Published 18 October 2026, 11:12 · archived 18 Oct 2026

A reconnaissance AH-6i helicopter crashed in the Najran region of ​Saudi Arabia due to a technical ‌malfunction, killing its two crew members, the Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said in a ​statement on Sunday. The helicopter crashed in ​an area under the jurisdiction of ⁠the Saudi National Guard Ministry, the statement ​added. The southwestern area of Najran has been ​subject to attacks by Iran-aligned Houthis in recent weeks as fighting between the coalition and the ​Yemen-based militant group escalated, with the Yemen ​conflict becoming another front in the US-...

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