Yemen's Houthi rebels claim launch 10 missiles toward Saudi airport

SANAA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi rebel group claimed that it fired 10 missiles toward Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport on Sunday evening, the group's military spokesman said.

A salvo of 10 Badr-1 ballistic missiles were launched toward Jizan Regional Airport, said Yahya Sarea in a brief statement published by the Houthi-affiliated Masirah television network.

"The missiles targeted military aircraft and Apache helicopters inside Jizan airport," he added.