From the Liveblog of
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Saudi-led coalition says it struck missile launch sites of Iran-backed rebels
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia says it has destroyed sites used by Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen to launch missiles at the kingdom.
In a statement reported by Saudi Arabia’s government-run Al Ekhbariya TV, the coalition announces the “destruction of ballistic missile (launch) sites run by the Houthi militias in Saada,” a northern Yemeni province bordering Saudi Arabia and controlled by the Houthis.
Riyadh and its allies are fighting alongside Yemen’s government against the Iran-backed Houthis in a war that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives and pushed impoverished Yemen to the brink of famine.
Saudi Arabia has come under increasingly frequent missile attacks launched by the Houthis from northern Yemen this year.
— AFP
