Yemeni Forces Target Saudi Airbase, Aramco Again
SANAA (Dispatches) – Yemeni forces launched three bomb-laden drones at a Saudi Aramco oil facility and the King Khalid Airbase in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Friday morning in a retaliatory move.
"Two drones hit King Khalid Airbase in Khamis Mushait city and the third one struck the Aramco oil facility in Jazan city,” al-Masirah TV reported, adding "the attacks were accurate.”
Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement that two domestically developed Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) armed drones struck with great precision the designated "important and sensitive” targets in King Khalid Air Base, which lies 884 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh, early on Friday.
Saree added that a Yemeni Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat drone also hit a key Saudi Aramco oil installation in Jizan, situated 966 kilometers south of Riyadh, at Friday dawn.
The senior Yemeni official warned that retaliatory attacks will continue as long as Riyadh continues its military aggression and all-out siege against the war-ravaged Arab country.
The attack came just a day after a successful drone attack against the same military site in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Also early on Friday, Saudi forces fired volleys of artillery rounds and rockets at residential neighborhoods in the Razih district of Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’ada.
There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage inflicted.
Saudi warplanes also carried out 16 airstrikes against the Sirwah district in the strategic Yemeni province of Ma’rib, though no reports of possible casualties and damage were quickly available.
In another development, delegates from the Ansarullah movement and representatives loyal to former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attended negotiations in Rimbo on the outskirts of Stockholm in December 2018. The talks resulted in the announcement of a breakthrough agreement.
Saudi Arabia, backed by the U.S. and other regional allies, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing Hadi’s government back to power and crushing Ansarullah.
Yemeni armed forces and allied Popular Committees have, however, gone from strength to strength against the Saudi-led invaders, and left Riyadh and its allies bogged down in the country.
The Saudi war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions of people. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases across the country.
"Two drones hit King Khalid Airbase in Khamis Mushait city and the third one struck the Aramco oil facility in Jazan city,” al-Masirah TV reported, adding "the attacks were accurate.”
Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement that two domestically developed Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) armed drones struck with great precision the designated "important and sensitive” targets in King Khalid Air Base, which lies 884 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh, early on Friday.
Saree added that a Yemeni Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat drone also hit a key Saudi Aramco oil installation in Jizan, situated 966 kilometers south of Riyadh, at Friday dawn.
The senior Yemeni official warned that retaliatory attacks will continue as long as Riyadh continues its military aggression and all-out siege against the war-ravaged Arab country.
The attack came just a day after a successful drone attack against the same military site in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Also early on Friday, Saudi forces fired volleys of artillery rounds and rockets at residential neighborhoods in the Razih district of Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’ada.
There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage inflicted.
Saudi warplanes also carried out 16 airstrikes against the Sirwah district in the strategic Yemeni province of Ma’rib, though no reports of possible casualties and damage were quickly available.
In another development, delegates from the Ansarullah movement and representatives loyal to former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attended negotiations in Rimbo on the outskirts of Stockholm in December 2018. The talks resulted in the announcement of a breakthrough agreement.
Saudi Arabia, backed by the U.S. and other regional allies, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing Hadi’s government back to power and crushing Ansarullah.
Yemeni armed forces and allied Popular Committees have, however, gone from strength to strength against the Saudi-led invaders, and left Riyadh and its allies bogged down in the country.
The Saudi war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions of people. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases across the country.