Yemen Fires 17 Ballistic Missiles at Saudi Mercenaries
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen’s army and Popular Committees fired 17 homegrown ballistic missiles at gatherings of the Saudi mercenaries in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians by the Riyadh-led coalition in the Arabian Peninsula country.
The missile command of the Yemeni army and Popular Committees hit the Saudi-backed militants in the Kingdom’s southwestern Asir region with 17 ballistic missiles dubbed “Zelzal-1”, the Arabic-language al-Masirah TV reported.
A military source said dozens of the Saudi-led coalition’s mercenaries were killed or injured in the missile attack, according to the report.
In another operation, the Yemeni forces repulsed a massive attack by the coalition forces near al-Alab border crossing.
The attacks against the Saudi-led forces came in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians and destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure by the coalition led by the Riyadh regime.
Yemen’s defenseless people have been under massive attacks by the coalition for more than four years but Riyadh has reached none of its objectives in Yemen so far.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly 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.
Official UN figures say that more than 15,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led bombing campaign began.
The Saudi war has impacted over seven million children in Yemen who now face a serious threat of famine, according to UNICEF figures. Over 6,000 children have either been killed or sustained serious injuries since 2015, UN children’s agency said. The humanitarian situation in the country has also been exacerbated by outbreaks of cholera, polio, and measles.
