The Yemeni Armed Forces have on Friday carried out a new drone attack on King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, southwestern region of Asir, the Yemeni army spokesman said in a statement.
Army spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, confirmed that two “Qasef-2K drones” were used in the attack.
ردا على تصعيد العدوان وحصاره الشامل على بلدنا، نفذ سلاح الجو المسير مساء اليوم عملية هجومية على قاعدة الملك خالد الجوية بخميس مشيط بطائرتين مسيرتين نوع قاصف 2K وكانت الإصابة دقيقة بفضل الله..
— العميد يحيى سريع (@army21ye) March 19, 2021
The spokesman affirmed that the drone attacks accurately hit the target at the airbase, saying that “this targeting comes in response to the aggression aerial bombardment and its continued siege on Yemen.”
Earlier in the day, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e declared in a statement that the Yemeni armed forces carried out a large-scale military operation targeting Aramco Company in the Saudi enemy’s capital of Riyadh.