[[{"content_id":"316453","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"30","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Yemeni forces target Saudi base in Najran region with ballistic missile","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2018-08-19 08:50:39","content_summary":"Yemeni army troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have fired a domestically-manufactured ballistic missile at a military base in Saudi Arabia\u2019s southern border region of Najran in retaliation for the Riyadh regime\u2019s devastating military campaign against their impoverished country.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":" \r\n\r\nYemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network, citing an unnamed military official, reported that Mostahadeth base had been targeted with a short-range Badr-1 missile late on Friday, adding that the projectile had hit the designated target with high precision.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe official said the missile strike killed and injured scores of Saudi troopers and Saudi-backed Yemeni militiamen loyal to former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi .\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOn Saturday, at least two Saudi soldiers were killed when Yemeni forces and their allies fatally shot them at Mashal base in the kingdom’s southwestern region of Jizan.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis file photo shows a Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah fighter dressed in camouflage, and aiming at a position of Saudi troops in southwestern Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Yemen’s Joint Operations Command)\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFurthermore, Yemeni soldiers and fighters from Popular Committees fired a salvo of artillery rounds at a position of Saudi mercenaries in the al-Boq region of Najran, leaving a large number of them dead or injured.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeparately, a civilian lost his life and three others sustained injuries when Saudi missiles and artillery rounds rained down on residential buildings in the Shada'a district of Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYemenis gather next to a destroyed bus at the site of a Saudi airstrike that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada on August 10, 2018. (Photo by AFP)\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSaudi warplanes also carried out more than 11 airstrikes against a village in the Hamdan district of Yemen’s western province of Sana'a. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the extent of damage caused.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n'Bomb that killed Yemeni kids supplied by US'\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMunitions experts have confirmed that a bomb used by Saudi Arabia in last week's attack on a school bus in Yemen that killed dozens of children had been supplied by the US.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMorocco urged to pull forces out of Saudi-led coalition against Yemen\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has called on Morocco to withdraw its military forces from the Saudi-led coalition involved in the atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“There is no justification for your participation in the massacre of Yemeni people, and supporting the criminal acts being committed by aggressors … Do not allow fear to stop you from walking out of the Saudi-led alliance,” Mohammed Abdul-Salam said.\r\n\r\n\r\nHe also extended his gratitude to those countries that have withdrawn from the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen, including Malaysia, saying, “Any country that pulls out of this alliance will inflict political and military losses on Saudis.”\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAn injured Yemeni man lies in a hospital bed as he receives treatment after being wounded during a Saudi airstrike on the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah on August 3, 2018. (Photo by AFP)\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSome 15,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured since the onset of the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen in March 2015.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe United Nations says a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in need of food aid, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nA high-ranking UN aid official has warned against the “catastrophic” living conditions in Yemen, stating there is a growing risk of famine and cholera there.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“The conflict has escalated since November, driving an estimated 100,000 people from their homes,” John Ging, \r\n\r\nUN director of aid operations, told the UN Security Council on February 27.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t ","content_html":"

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Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network, citing an unnamed military official, reported that Mostahadeth base had been targeted with a short-range Badr-1 missile late on Friday, adding that the projectile had hit the designated target with high precision.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The official said the missile strike killed and injured scores of Saudi troopers and Saudi-backed Yemeni militiamen loyal to former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi .<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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On Saturday, at least two Saudi soldiers were killed when Yemeni forces and their allies fatally shot them at Mashal base in the kingdom’s southwestern region of Jizan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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This file photo shows a Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah fighter dressed in camouflage, and aiming at a position of Saudi troops in southwestern Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Yemen’s Joint Operations Command)<\/span><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

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Furthermore, Yemeni soldiers and fighters from Popular Committees fired a salvo of artillery rounds at a position of Saudi mercenaries in the al-Boq region of Najran, leaving a large number of them dead or injured.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Separately, a civilian lost his life and three others sustained injuries when Saudi missiles and artillery rounds rained down on residential buildings in the Shada'a district of Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Yemenis gather next to a destroyed bus at the site of a Saudi airstrike that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada on August 10, 2018. (Photo by AFP)<\/span><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

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Saudi warplanes also carried out more than 11 airstrikes against a village in the Hamdan district of Yemen’s western province of Sana'a. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the extent of damage caused.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'Bomb that killed Yemeni kids supplied by US'<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Munitions experts have confirmed that a bomb used by Saudi Arabia in last week's attack on a school bus in Yemen that killed dozens of children had been supplied by the US.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Morocco urged to pull forces out of Saudi-led coalition against Yemen<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Meanwhile, the spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has called on Morocco to withdraw its military forces from the Saudi-led coalition involved in the atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“There is no justification for your participation in the massacre of Yemeni people, and supporting the criminal acts being committed by aggressors … Do not allow fear to stop you from walking out of the Saudi-led alliance,” Mohammed Abdul-Salam said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

He also extended his gratitude to those countries that have withdrawn from the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen, including Malaysia<\/a>, saying, “Any country that pulls out of this alliance will inflict political and military losses on Saudis.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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An injured Yemeni man lies in a hospital bed as he receives treatment after being wounded during a Saudi airstrike on the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah on August 3, 2018. (Photo by AFP)<\/span><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

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Some 15,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured since the onset of the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen in March 2015.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The United Nations says a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in need of food aid, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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A high-ranking UN aid official has warned against the “catastrophic” living conditions in Yemen, stating there is a growing risk of famine and cholera there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“The conflict has escalated since November, driving an estimated 100,000 people from their homes,” John Ging, <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

UN director of aid operations, told the UN Security Council on February 27.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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