Yemeni army launches retaliatory missile, drone strike on ‘sensitive targets’ in Saudi Arabia’s Najran Thursday, 13 May 2021 8:46 AM
[ Last Update: Thursday, 13 May 2021 8:53 AM ] The file photo, provided by the media bureau of Yemen s Operations Command, shows a Yemeni missile shortly after launch.
Yemeni Armed Forces have fired a dozen ballistic missiles and drones at “sensitive targets” in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern city of Najran in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s devastating military campaign and crippling blockade against its impoverished neighbor.
In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said the missile force and the air force had carried out the large joint operation using seven ballistic missiles of the Badr and Sa ir type and five Qasef-2k drones.
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