MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Some fractions of the Yemeni army loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh have attacked and sunk one of the ships of the Saudi-led coalition near a port city of Mocha located on the Red Sea coast, a military source told Sputnik Sunday.
“Parts of the Yemeni Army launched a missile in the direction of one of the warships, from which the port of Mocha was shelled. The target was precisely struck and sunk,” the source said.
Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government and Shiite Houthi rebels, the country’s main opposition faction.
Since March, a Saudi-led coalition began carrying out airstrikes against Houthi positions at Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi's request.
