Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch attack drones into Saudi Arabia
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched at least two
drones targeting a southwest Saudi city that’s home to an air base.
The Houthis’ Al-Masirah satellite news channel
reported early Tuesday the rebels launched Qasef-2K drones to strike the city
of Khamis Mushait.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Tuesday,
quoting military spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki, that soldiers “intercepted”
two drones launched by the Houthis.
The Iranian-allied Houthis increasingly have
targeted the kingdom with bomb-carrying drones.
Khamis Mushait, some 815 kilometers (510 miles)
southwest of the capital, Riyadh, is near the kingdom’s border with Yemen.
A Saudi-led coalition launched a war against the
Houthis in March 2015.
Yemen’s long-running war has become the world’s
worst humanitarian crisis. The fighting in the Arab world’s poorest country has
killed an estimated 60,000 people.
