Houthis claim multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia

Published June 9, 2019
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed to have launched multiple drone attacks targeting an airport in Saudi Arabia. ─ AFP/File
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed to have launched multiple drone attacks targeting an airport in Saudi Arabia. ─ AFP/File

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, the group's Al-Masirah tweeted on Sunday.

The attacks targeted Saudi drone bunkers and stations in the airport, it added.

There was no Saudi confirmation of the attacks.

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