8 Mar in 13:30
Yemen s Shia rebel Houthi movement on Friday conducted a major airstrike on Saudi Arabia s King Khalid Air Base in the country s southwest with the use of five drones, Houthi military spokesman Yahia Saria said, Sputnik reported. The air force conducted this Friday afternoon a heavy airstrike on a number of vital and sensitive targets on Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushiat, with the use of five Qasef-2k drones, Saria wrote on Twitter, adding that the attack was accurate.
Earlier in the day, the Saudi-led coalition said that it downed two bomb-laden drones launched by Houthi rebels.
The movement has recently stepped up attacks against Saudi Arabia.