Saudi-led coalition says destroyed Yemen rebel missile launch sites

July 30, 2018

i24 News:

A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia said Sunday it had destroyed sites used by Huthi rebels in neighboring Yemen to launch missiles at the kingdom.

In a statement reported by Saudi Arabia’s government-run Al Ekhbariya TV, the coalition announced the “destruction of ballistic missile (launch) sites run by the Huthi militias in Saada”, a northern Yemeni province bordering Saudi Arabia and controlled by the Huthis.

Riyadh and its allies are fighting alongside Yemen’s government against the Iran-backed Huthis in a war that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives and pushed impoverished Yemen to the brink of famine. Saudi Arabia has come under increasingly frequent missile attacks launched by the Huthis from northern Yemen this year.

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