Yemeni Forces Fire Two Ballistic Missiles, Killing 7 Saudi Troops
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Yemeni Army, in retaliation for continued massacre of civilians by a Saudi-led coalition in the Arabian Peninsula country, fired two ballistic missiles at Saudi positions, killing a number of Saudi troops and an officer, local reports said on Sunday.
The ballistic missiles fired by the Yemeni Army hit a military base in Saudi Arabia’s Najran Province, killing 6 Saudi soldiers and an officer, Yemen’s Arabic-language Almasirah TV reported.
A Yemeni military source said following the missile attack, 32 Saudi forces were taken to a hospital in Najran.
In another operation, the Yemeni troops managed to take control over Saudi Arabia’s Asir Region and kill four Saudi-led forces.
The Yemeni forces had previously targeted Saudi positions with ballistic missiles named “Qaher-1”, which has a range of 500 kilometers.
It was first fired by the Yemeni Army at the Khaled bin Abdulaziz military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern city of Khamis Mushait, located 884 kilometers (549 miles) southwest of the capital, Riyadh.
Yemeni Ansarullah movement’s technicians have produced the new surface-to-surface ballistic missile after making major alterations to the Russian-made S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile system.
The military innovation came after Ansarullah forces realized that the S-75 missiles cannot be efficiently utilized for targeting the advanced military warplanes belonging to a Saudi-led military coalition, which have been pounding Yemen for months.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been launching deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
More than 8000 Yemenis, including many women and children, have died in the Saudi-led aggression so far.
