Yemenis Hit Saudi Military Positions with Ballistic Missile
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen’s Army carried out one ballistic missile attack against Saudi positions in the kingdom's southwestern region of Jizan in retaliation for Riyadh's heavy bombing and violation of a ceasefire.
According to a report carried by the Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel on Saturday, the Yemeni army fired a 'Qaher-1' ballistic missile late on Friday and hit the positions of the Saudi military in Jizan.
The possible death toll and the extent of the damage inflicted upon Saudi troops and military bases in the attack have not been released yet.
Back in December 2015, Yemeni Ansarullah movement’s technicians succeeded to make major alterations to the Russian-made S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile system, producing a new surface-to-surface ballistic missile, dubbed Qaher-1, that can hit targets in a range of 500 kilometers.
The report added that the counterattacks came after Saudi Arabia's breach of a ceasefire that began on April 10.
Since the truce came into effect, the kingdom has ramped up its heavy bombing of Yemen.
Also on Friday, forces loyal to former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi overran al-Motoon district in al-Jawf province and killed 5 people, including women and children.
Saudi Arabia’s aggression on Yemen started in late March 2015 in a bid to reinstate Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and undermine the Houthi movement, which took over state matters after Hadi resigned.
Nearly 9,400 Yemenis, including 4,000 women and children, have lost their lives in the deadly military campaign.
Yemenis, in return, have been carrying out retaliatory attacks on the Saudi forces deployed in the country as well as targets inside Saudi Arabia.
