Helicopter crash in Najran kills two crew members

 ⁠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 Ansar Allah in recent weeks ‌as fighting between the coalition and the Yemen-based group escalated, with the Yemen conflict becoming another front in the US-led war with Iran.
Ansar Allah spokesman Yahya Saree said in ‌a post on X on Saturday that ​the group had shot down a ​Saudi ‌Apache ⁠helicopter near Najran while it was carrying out what he described as hostile ​activities targeting Ansar Allah positions along ⁠the border.
Al-Maliki ​commented on Saree's post on Sunday with a photo of several Apaches lined up saying: 'You claim to have ​shot it down, but it will ​enter the battlefield soon.'