Saudi Base Hit by Yemeni Rockets
SANAA (Dispatches) – Amid no letup in Saudi carnage of Yemen’s civilians, counter-strikes by Yemeni forces have hit a military base inside Saudi Arabia close to the common border.
They targeted the outpost in the ‘Asir region in the kingdom’s extreme southwest with an unknown number of projectiles on Sunday, Yemen’s War Media outlet reported.
It also carried extended footage of the counter-raid after Saudi officials denied that such retaliatory attack had ever taken place.
In another development, Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, shot dead a Saudi trooper in the kingdom’s southwestern border regions of Jizan and Asir in response to Riyadh’s aerial bombardment campaign against their country.
Yemeni forces and their allies targeted the Saudi troops in the al-Farizeh military base of the region, located 969 kilometers south of the capital, Riyadh, on Saturday afternoon, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported.
Army troops and Popular Committees fighters also launched an attack on the al-Alab border crossing of Asir region, killing a Saudi trooper there.
Separately, several pro-Saudi militiamen loyal to resigned Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were injured when Yemeni forces fired a barrage of artillery rounds at their gatherings in the Usaylan district of the central Yemeni province of Shabwah.
Earlier, Yemeni soldiers and their allies fired artillery shells at a gathering of Saudi mercenaries in the Kahboub area of southwestern Lahij province, though no words on possible casualties and the extent of damage were reported.
Yemeni forces also launched a salvo of Katyusha rockets at an outpost of pro-Saudi militiamen in the al-Jadid region of the southwestern province of Ta’izz. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters have been hitting targets in the kingdom’s border area in response to its invasion of the impoverished country.
The offensives, which have killed more than 11,000 civilians, are underway to restore power to Yemen’s former Saudi-backed government.
They targeted the outpost in the ‘Asir region in the kingdom’s extreme southwest with an unknown number of projectiles on Sunday, Yemen’s War Media outlet reported.
It also carried extended footage of the counter-raid after Saudi officials denied that such retaliatory attack had ever taken place.
In another development, Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, shot dead a Saudi trooper in the kingdom’s southwestern border regions of Jizan and Asir in response to Riyadh’s aerial bombardment campaign against their country.
Yemeni forces and their allies targeted the Saudi troops in the al-Farizeh military base of the region, located 969 kilometers south of the capital, Riyadh, on Saturday afternoon, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported.
Army troops and Popular Committees fighters also launched an attack on the al-Alab border crossing of Asir region, killing a Saudi trooper there.
Separately, several pro-Saudi militiamen loyal to resigned Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were injured when Yemeni forces fired a barrage of artillery rounds at their gatherings in the Usaylan district of the central Yemeni province of Shabwah.
Earlier, Yemeni soldiers and their allies fired artillery shells at a gathering of Saudi mercenaries in the Kahboub area of southwestern Lahij province, though no words on possible casualties and the extent of damage were reported.
Yemeni forces also launched a salvo of Katyusha rockets at an outpost of pro-Saudi militiamen in the al-Jadid region of the southwestern province of Ta’izz. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters have been hitting targets in the kingdom’s border area in response to its invasion of the impoverished country.
The offensives, which have killed more than 11,000 civilians, are underway to restore power to Yemen’s former Saudi-backed government.