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Yemeni forces fire ballistic missile at Najran airport in southern Saudi Arabia

Friday, 06 September 2019 4:56 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2019 5:38 PM ]

In this file picture, Yemeni forces prepare to launch a domestically-manufactured Badr-1 ballistic missile to target a military site in Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Yemen’s Operations Command Center)

In a retaliatory action, Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have fired a domestically-developed ballistic missile at a strategic economic target in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran.

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said the short-range Badr-1 missile struck hangars for unmanned aerial vehicles at Najran Regional Airport with great precision on Friday afternoon, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported.

ضربة باليستية ثانية خلال 24 ساعة.. صاروخ بدر1 يدك مطار نجران الإقليمي#المسيرة #المسيرة_نت https://t.co/e7Cd620rtE
— قناة المسيرة (@almasirah) September 6, 2019

He added that the missile strike caused disruption of air traffic for a while.

Saree underlined that the attack was in line with the legitimate right to self-defense.

On Thursday, Yemeni missile units and fighters from Popular Committees fired a number of Badr-1 missiles at the same airport and some units of the Royal Saudi Land Forces. Saree said at the time that the projectiles had brought air traffic in and out of the airport to a halt.

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