Yemen's Houthis launch drone attacks on 2 Saudi military bases

Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-28 22:39:57|Editor: yan
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SANAA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthis launched simultaneously attacks on Wednesday on two Saudi military bases in Saudi provinces of Najran and Jizan, using bomb-laden drones, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.

"The attacks killed dozens of Saudi soldiers," the television said, citing a statement by the group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea as saying.

There was no confirmation from Saudi authorities on the alleged attacks.

If confirmed, it would be the tenth of such cross-border attack in three days by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, but most of the missiles and drone attacks were intercepted by Saudi air defence forces.

Saudi Arabia has been leading an Arab military coalition against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen for more than four years in support of the exiled internationally-recognized government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

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