On Monday, Morocco's Royal Armed Forces said that one of its F-16 fighter jets went missing over Yemen at about 6 p.m. on Sunday, while taking part in a Saudi-led air campaign against the Houthi rebels. A pilot in the same squadron said he couldn't tell if the pilot in the missing plane ejected, according to Morocco's state MAP news agency.
Earlier Sunday, the Houtis agreed to a Saudi-proposed ceasefire, but it isn't scheduled to start until Tuesday, and the Saudi coalition was bombing parts of Yemen on Sunday. Morocco has six F-16s based in the United Arab Emirates, and this is their first mission since the North African nation purchased them from the U.S. in 2011.
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