RIYADH – Yemeni armed forces have conducted fresh retaliatory attacks onSaudi Arabia’s southwestern Jizan region.
The al-Masirah TV channel reported on Sunday that the Yemeni Air Force andallied Popular Committees had launched a drone strike on hangars holdingSaudi warplanes at Jizan airport.
It quoted a military source as saying that the attack had been carried outby a Qasif-K2 combat drone after accurate intelligence gathering and thatthe mission had been accomplished.
Drone downed
Yemeni forces have also shot down a hostile spy drone east of Jabalal-Dudud in Jizan region.
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A military source told the TV channel that the unmanned aerial vehicle wasbeing “operated by the forces of aggression.”
Yemeni forces have stepped up retaliatory attacks inside Saudi Arabia,which has been waging a war against Yemen since March 2015. The militaryoffensive has already claimed tens of thousands of Yemeni lives.
Over the past week, Yemeni fighters launched three drone attacks on theairport in Saudi Arabia’s southern Najran region. A US-made Patriot missilebattery at the airport was reportedly targeted in the attacks.
