Yemeni forces down Saudi Apache helicopter
Saudi Arabia’s military aggression against Yemen has suffered a new setback as forces loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement and the allied army units reportedly down a Saudi military helicopter in the kingdom’s southern territory.
Yemen’s al-Masirah TV said Friday that the helicopter was downed in al-Khobah district of Jizan Province, on the Yemeni-Saudi border.
Both the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the attack.
The Apache chopper was targeted by a surface-to-air missile. The Yemenis have used such projectiles over the past few months to retaliate against Saudi Arabia’s all-out air campaign.
Al-Masirah also said that a rocket attack was also launched on a gathering of Saudi forces in al-Ma’zab region of the southern province of Najran, with no reports yet of the potential casualties.
Other reports also suggested that the Yemeni forces have taken control of several villages in al-Khubah district in Jizan after infiltrating into the Saudi territory.
Earlier in the day, the allied Yemeni forces targeted other military positions in the two southern Saudi provinces, with reports saying that they destroyed a number of armored vehicles and tanks.
The attacks came as Saudi warplanes continued pounding residential areas in northern Yemen with Al-Masirah saying that more than 90 rockets landed on al-Fara’ and al-Ghama’ in Kitaf region, in the northern province of Sa’ada.
Another attack by Saudi warplanes on Mera’n district in Sa’ada on Friday left a civilian killed.
Yemeni sources also said that the death toll from the extensive Saudi attacks on the southwestern city of Ta’izz has increased to 65. The attacks, which began on Thursday, have also left 50 people injured.
Clashes were also reported in the same city between the allied forces and Daeshis, a label used by Ansrullah to name followers of the fugitive former president of Yemen, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. At least four notorious members of the Islah party, which is run by Hadi, were killed during the clashes, Ansarullah sources said.
Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine Ansarullah and restore power to Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
Over 4,300 people have been killed in the Yemeni conflict, the World Health Organization said on August 11. Local Yemeni sources, however, say the fatality figure is much higher.
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