Saudi Airbase Targeted by Yemeni Drones near Khamis Mushait
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Yemeni army launched a new round of drone strikes against the positions of the Saudi-led coalition whose war on the impoverished country has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians since 2015.
Yemen's Air Force carried out a fresh drone strike at daybreak Sunday on a major airbase in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir in retaliation for the continued military aggression and blockade against Yemen.
“The Air Force hit sensitive targets inside the King Khalid Airbase near the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait in the early hours of Sunday,” a Yemeni armed forces spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a post on Twitter.
“The retaliatory attack was launched by a domestically-manufactured Qasef-2K combat drone,” Saree added.
He said the precise strike came in response to the ongoing aggression and brutal siege on Yemen.
King Khalid air base has been repeatedly targeted due to its military importance in terms of its location closest to the Yemeni border, which makes it easier for Saudi warplanes to take off and hit their targets in less time and without needing to provide fuel in the air as their taking off from the bases and airports from Jeddah and other Saudi cities.
The Saudi Airbase was targeted last on May 31 when it was hit in a retaliatory drone attack.
Supported militarily by the US, the UK, and several other Western countries, Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 to crush a popular uprising that had overthrown a regime friendly to Riyadh.
The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives in Yemen.
