Sana: Yemen’s Houthi group said on Sunday that it had launched a large-scale ballistic missile and drone attack on a military base in southern Saudi Arabia, amid escalating fighting between the two sides.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on X that the attack targeted weapons depots and command-and-control facilities at the Sharurah military base.
Saree said a “large barrage” of ballistic missiles and drones was used in the operation and claimed that the weapons successfully struck their intended targets.
He said the attack was carried out in response to continuing Saudi strikes on Yemen and warned that the Houthis would launch larger attacks deeper inside Saudi territory if those operations continued.
Saudi authorities had not immediately commented on the Houthi claims.
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence said on Saturday that a projectile had landed in Al-Tuwal governorate in the southwestern Jazan region, injuring two people. It said a mosque, several buildings and vehicles were also damaged.
The latest attack comes amid significant changes in territorial control in Yemen following renewed fighting between government forces and the Houthis since July, after several years of relative calm.
The Houthis say they now control the entire western province of Al-Hudaydah after advancing through western Taiz and capturing the coastal city of Mokha and its Red Sea port. Their gains have also brought them closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important maritime shipping routes.
Government forces, meanwhile, have advanced in the northern Al-Jawf province along the Saudi border and moved towards the provincial capital, Al-Hazm.
Fighting is also continuing on fronts in Marib, Al-Bayda and Al-Dhale provinces.
Yemen’s conflict began after the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several other provinces in 2014. A Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened the following year in support of Yemen’s internationally recognised government.