Yemeni army launches drone attack against Saudi positions

The Yemeni army, backed by popular committees, has launched a fresh drone attack against the positions of the Saudi-led coalition, whose war on Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has martyred thousands of civilians since 2015.

The Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman, Turki al-Maliki, confirmed the drone attack but claimed that the coalition forces have managed to intercept the unmanned aerial vehicle.

The UAE’s Al-Khaleej newspaper quoted Maliki as saying that the drone attack had been launched against southern regions of Saudi Arabia.

Yemen’s Ansarullah forces had targeted Saudi positions with three drones last week. Riyadh claims it has shot all of them down.

With the intensification of the coalition attacks against civilian areas of Yemen, the popular committees and the Yemeni army have resumed their deterring and defensive attacks deep inside the Saudi territories in recent days.

In late November, the Yemeni army launched a missile attack against the Saudi-led coalition’s Camp Tadawain in Yemen’s Ma’rib, killing at least eight Saudi forces.

Following the attack, Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree warned that such operations against the coalition positions will continue as long as the Saudi aggression and the siege of Yemen continues.

He also noted that Yemeni forces are observing and controlling the enemy’s movements, and will target them wherever they are.

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