Yemeni Resistance Targets Saudi Abha International Airport – Statement

By Staff, Agencies

Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yehya Saree said a new drone attack has been launched on Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s ongoing military aggression and blockade against the war-torn Arab country.

Brigadier General Saree said in a statement posted on his Twitter page on Tuesday evening that the Yemeni army and allied fighters from Popular Committees used a domestically-manufactured Qasef-2K [Striker-2K] combat drone in the operation.

The unmanned aerial vehicle struck military aircraft hangars at the airport with great precision, according to Saree.

He stressed that the airstrike comes within Yemen’s legitimate right to respond to the Saudi-led coalition’s air raids as well as its continued all-out siege against Yemeni people.

The development came a few days after Yemeni army and Popular Committees targeted the Saudi soil with 15 unmanned aerial vehicles and a ballistic missile as part of the “Operation Balance of Deterrence 5.”

Saree said in a press conference on Sunday that sensitive positions and places in the Saudi capital Riyadh had been struck with a Zolfiqar ballistic missile and nine Sammad-3 [Invincible-3] combat drones.

He added that six Qasef-2K combat drones had also hit designated military targets inside Abha and Khamis Mushait cities in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir.