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Yemeni forces launch drone strikes against Abha airport in Saudi Arabia: spokesman

Sunday, 14 February 2021 3:16 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 14 February 2021 6:42 PM ]

This picture provided by Yemen’s al-Masirah news agency shows a domestically-developed Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat drone used by Yemeni forces to carry out air raids inside Saudi Arabia.

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says two fresh drone attacks have been launched on Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in retaliation for the kingdom’s ongoing aggression against the war-torn Arab country.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement posted on his Twitter page on Sunday that the Yemeni army used two domestically-manufactured Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat drones as well as a Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) in the operation, stressing that the unmanned aerial vehicles struck the designated targets with great precision.

He noted that the airstrikes come within Yemen’s legitimate right to respond to the Saudi-led coalition’s raids and military escalation as well as its continued all-out siege against Yemeni people.

"Once again, we warn [Saudi] citizens to stay away from airports and other places used for military activities," he said.

سلاح الجو المسير يتمكن بفضل الله من استهداف مطار أبها الدولي بعد ظهر اليوم الأحد بطائرتين نوع صماد 3 وقاصف 2k وكانت الإصابة دقيقة.
— العميد يحيى سريع (@army21ye) February 14, 2021

The senior Yemeni official warned that retaliatory attacks will continue as long as Riyadh presses ahead with its deadly aggression and all-out siege.

This is while a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has claimed that the kingdom's air defenses have intercepted two “explosive-laden drones” fired towards Saudi Arabia on Sunday afternoon.

This came two days after Yemeni army and allied fighters launched a retaliatory missile attack on King Khalid Air Base, which lies 884 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Yemeni forces pound Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport with drones for 4th time in days

Yemeni drones target Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia for the fourth time in less than a week.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies, with logistical and intelligence support from the US and several Western countries, launched a brutal war on Yemen in March 2015 in an attempt to re-install Riyadh-friendly former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement in a few weeks.

While Saudi Arabia has failed to reach any of its goals, the imposed war has turned Yemen into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and many others facing famine and starvation.

It has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen's infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories.

Yemeni forces launch retaliatory missile attack on airbase in southwestern Saudi Arabia

Yemeni armed forces and their allies launch a retaliatory missile attack against an airbase in Saudi Arabia

According to the UN, 80 percent of Yemen’s 30 million people need some form of aid or protection. About 13.5 million Yemenis currently face acute food insecurity, UN data shows.

The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday called on EU member states to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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