Yemeni Army Launches Missile Attack on Saudi Positions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen’s army and popular committees hit positions of a Saudi-led coalition in the kingdom’s southern Najran Province with a domestically-made ballistic missile dubbed “Samoud (steadfastness)”, a military source said.
The source said the Yemeni army’s missile command fired the ballistic missile at a Saudi military base in Rajla District in Najran, the Arabic-language Al-Manar TV network reported.
The Yemeni forces carried out the attacks in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians and destruction of the country’s infrastructure by the Saudi-led coalition.
The forces of the Arabian Peninsula country have already hit Saudi positions with various homegrown missiles, including “Qaher-1”, which has a range of 500 kilometers, and “Borkan-1”.
The solid propellant and Scud-type Borkan-1 missile reportedly has a range of more than 800 kilometers.
Since March 25, 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
Yemen’s Legal Center of Rights and Development announced on Saturday that the Saudi campaign has claimed the lives of over 12,000 Yemenis and left more than 20,000 others wounded.
