Yemen Fires Homegrown Missile at Saudi Mercenaries
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The missile command of Yemen's army and Popular Committees fired a domestically made ballistic missile at a gathering of Saudi-backed militants in the southwestern province of Taiz, local reports said on Sunday.
Yemeni sources said the missile command targeted the Khalid military base, west of Taiz, with a ballistic missile dubbed “Badr P-1”, the Arabic-language al-Masirah TV reported.
The report also said the Saudi-Emirati coalition forces and their mercenaries continued violating a UN-brokered ceasefire in the port city of Hudaydah.
The United Nations in December brokered a truce deal as part of confidence-building measures at peace talks in Sweden to avert a full-scale assault on the port that is vital for urgent aid supplies for millions facing starvation.
Hudaydah, the main port used to feed Yemen’s 30 million people, has been the focus of fighting recently, raising fears abroad that a full-scale assault could cut off supplies to nearly 16 million people suffering from severe hunger.
The truce, the first significant breakthrough in peace efforts in five years, is meant to pave the way for a wider ceasefire in the impoverished country and a second round of talks in January on a framework for political negotiations.