Houthis claim drone strike on Saudi's Jizan airport near Yemen border: reports

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Houthis claim drone strike on Saudi's Jizan airport near Yemen border: reports

Reuters Published May 26, 2019

There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities or from a Saudi-led coalition that has been battling the Houthis in Yemen for four years. ─ AFP/File

Yemen's Houthi rebels allegedly launched a drone strike on military hangars in Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport near the Yemeni border, according to the group's Masirah TV on Sunday.

There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities or from a Saudi-led coalition that has been battling the Houthis in Yemen for four years.

The Houthis, who ousted the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government from power in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in late 2014, have stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi cities in the past two weeks.

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Shaikh masood

May 26, 2019 12:11pm

Good going

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realist

May 26, 2019 12:24pm

resistance is the only way to stop aggression

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BD Mukul

May 26, 2019 01:42pm

Maybe, it is going to be a regular practice in the near future.

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Tiger

May 26, 2019 02:14pm

Saudi and its allies made a big mistake when declared war on Yemen, now there's no way out for them, for Saudi Yemen war start looking like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan war for America.

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Baba

May 26, 2019 06:29pm

let the people of Yamon decide their fate themselves. There genocide must be stopped the aggressors.

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Dr. Zeb

May 26, 2019 09:37pm

Eye for an Eye

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Ibrahim

May 26, 2019 09:40pm

@Shaikh masood, ..... Go and fight and with them.

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Ibrahim

May 26, 2019 09:41pm

@realist, .... When the Houthis captured Sanaa they stole people's homes.

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Sameer

May 27, 2019 05:20am

Both parties just back off.

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Aamir khan

May 27, 2019 01:09pm

Every action has reaction .pray for them

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Azad J

May 27, 2019 02:47pm

Sheikh, internationally recognised gov was ousted by houthis. Many men, women and children are suffering, there is no food to eat in Yemen due to your houthis. People are dying from starvation and you chat nonsense of good going ?

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