Scores of Saudi Soldiers killed in Yemeni Missile Attack

Jan.4/ Yemeni press

A large number of Saudi soldiers have been killed in a Yemeni missile against a military base in the southwestern border of Asir.Yemeni military operations of the army and popular committees published in the world media, the details of this report, quoting Press TV.

Yemeni military source said military forces and their allies launched a ballistic missile at the al-Montazah base in Asir on Tuesday, leaving scores of Saudi troopers and their mercenaries dead and injured, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported.

The source added that two Saudi armored vehicles were also destroyed in the attack.

Shortly afterward, Yemeni soldiers and fighters from the Popular Committees fired several artillery rounds at the Mosallas al-Rakbah base in the Saudi Jizan region, located 967 kilometers southwest of the capital, Riyadh.

A blaze swept through the military site as the projectiles struck.

Separately, Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters launched a domestically-manufactured Zelzal-2 (Earthquake-2) missile at a gathering of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to the former government in the al-Maslub district of Yemen’s northern province of Jawf.

Also on Tuesday, Saudi fighter jets bombarded a school in the As Safra district of Yemen’s northwestern mountainous province of Sa’ada. There were no immediate reports of possible casualties and damage, though.

The Yemeni army and popular committees military defensive operations comes as a response to the crimes of the US Saudi aggression against Yemen and Yemenis since March 2015