Yemeni missile strike kills dozens of Saudi mercenaries in kingdom’s Najran

Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militants have been killed and scores of others sustained injuries when Yemeni army forces and their allies fired a domestically-manufactured ballistic missile at their camp in Saudi Arabia’s southern province of Najran.

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said on Wednesday afternoon that Yemeni missile defense units launched a Badr-F missile at a position of Saudi mercenaries in Rajla area of the region, located 844 kilometers (524 miles) south of the capital Riyadh.

He added that the missile hit the designated target with great precision, leaving dozens of Saudi-paid militiamen killed and injured. 

Ambulances transported injured Saudi soldiers and mercenaries to a number of hospitals in the region to receive medical treatment.

Earlier in the day, several civilians lost their lives when artillery rounds and mortar shells launched by Saudi-backed militants rained down on several residential buildings in the Qa'atabah district of Yemen’s southwestern province of Dhale.

Meanwhile, fierce exchanges of gunfire have broken out between militiamen backed by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi-sponsored forces in Yemen’s southern coastal province of Aden.

Arabic-language al-Khaleej Online news website reported that UAE-backed members of the so-called Southern Transitional Council launched an attack against Saudi-sponsored militants near al-Maashiq Palace in Aden.

The report added that the assault triggered heavy clashes, which left a number of people from both sides killed and injured in the process.

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