Al-Thawra Net
The Yemeni army and popular committees on Friday launched a second aerial attacks on Saudi Abha International Airport in Asir region, Southwest Saudi Arabia, a military official told Saba News Agency.
The Air Forces launched drone strikes, using several number of Qasif-K2 combating drones, targeting Radar system of Abha Airport, which hit its target with high accuracy.
This attack comes less than 24 hours following targeting the same spot with a cruise missile.
On Wednesday, Yemen’s Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e has the revealed details of the Yemeni missile attack that caused significant damage to Abha International Airport in Asir region, southwestern Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Wednesday.
The Missile Forces launched a winged cruise missile, which hit its target with high accuracy, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e said in a press statement.
“The winged missile hit the control tower of the airport directly, causing its destruction and putting it out of service,” the spokesman of the Armed Forces stated.
On Sunday, the Yemeni air forces launched aerial attacks on the Jizan airport, and have targeted the Saudi-led coalition unmanned aerial vehicles’ locations and stations that have been involved in the aggression against Yemen,” the official said.
“The aerial attacks come after the countries of aggression have turned the Jizan airport into a military base for waging the aggression against Yemen,” he added.
The attack on the Jizan airport is the second of its kind in about two weeks. On May 26, the Yemeni army announced that it had attacked a hangar of warplanes in the same airport, also using Qasif-K2 drone strikes
