Gen. Yehia Sarie, a Houthi military spokesman, tweeted that the rebels fired a new Quds-2 cruise missile at the facility. The Iran-allied rebels claimed they hit the same facility last November, an attack the Saudi-led coalition later acknowledged had ignited a fire at the plant. Since 2015, the Houthis battling the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen have targeted international airports, along with military installations and critical oil infrastructure, within Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led coalition announced overnight that its air forces intercepted two explosives-laden drones launched toward Khamis Mushait, a southwestern city home to the King Khalid Air Base. A Saudi-led military coalition launched a bombing campaign to dislodge the Houthis and restore the internationally recognized government.

Source: Egypt Independent March 04, 2021 07:41 UTC