The Yemeni Armed Forces have on Sunday 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 a “Qasef-2K drone” was used in the attack.
نفذ سلاح الجو المسير عملية هجومية على قاعدة الملك خالد الجوية بخميس مشيط بطائرة مسيرة نوع قاصف 2K وكانت الإصابة دقيقة بفضل الله.
يأتي هذا الاستهداف في إطار الرد المشروع على تصعيد العدوان والحصار المتواصل على بلدنا العزيز.— العميد يحيى سريع (@army21ye) April 25, 2021
The spokesman affirmed that the drone 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.”
On Friday, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e declared in a statement that the Yemeni armed forces carried out a large-scale military operation targeting important and sensitive military sites at King Khalid Airbase in Khamis Mushait and Aramco Company in Jizan.