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Houthi rebel fighters display their weapons during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters for the Iranian-backed Houthi movement, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The Houthi rebels control the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north, where most of the population lives. They are at war with a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition fighting on behalf of the internationally recognized government.

Yemeni Houthis Launch Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha Airport, King Khalid Airbase, Reports Say

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06:42 GMT 15.03.2021(updated 07:01 GMT 15.03.2021) Get short URL

by Evgeny Mikhaylov

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The movement stated it had attacked Saudi forces last month, targeting facilities located in the southwestern part of the kingdom in response to operations by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

Yemen's Houthi movement declared that it has launched armed drones to attack Abha Airport as well as the King Khalid Airbase in the southern town of Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.

"It is part of our legitimate right to respond to the crimes of the aggression and its continuing blockade", a military spokesman for the group Yahya Sarea said on Twitter.

تمكن سلاح الجو المسير بفضل الله من تنفيذ عملية هجومية على أهداف عسكرية في مطار أبها الدولي وقاعدة الملك خالد الجوية بخميس مشيط بثلاث طائرات مسيرة نوع قاصف 2K وكانت الإصابة دقيقة.
هذا الاستهداف يأتى في إطار حقنا الطبيعي والمشروع في الرد على جرائم العدوان وحصاره المتواصل على بلدنا.
— العميد يحيى سريع (@army21ye) March 15, 2021

Yemen has been mired in a civil war between government forces led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Houthis since 2014. The Saudi-led coalition of Arab states supported Hadi in the conflict, and has been conducting operations in the country at his request since March 2015.

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