Yemen’s Houthis fire missile to strike Saudi base in reprisal

July 20, 2016

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Yemen’s Houthi forces said Wednesday they fired a ballistic missile on a Saudi border guards base in retaliation for airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, Houthi-run state Saba news agency reported.

It said the missile was fired late on Tuesday and hit the Saudi border guards base in Najran, a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen.

“The missile came in response to breaches to the ceasefire and continuing airstrikes by the Saudi aggression,” Saba quoted a military source of Houthi group as saying.

The Saudi government has yet to comment on the attack, but it’s war planes appeared to response to the attack with several air raids on Wednesday morning, targeting Houthi military bases around the capital Sanaa, according to residents.

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