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Yemeni army targets Saudi military command center in Aden, Riyadh airport, Saudi oil facility

The Yemeni Armed Forces have targeted a Saudi military command center in Aden, the Riyadh airport and a Saudi oil facility in Yanbu area in a series of missile and drone strikes.

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Spokesman for the Yemeni military, Brigadier General Yahya Saree (Photo via social media)

The Yemeni Armed Forces say they have launched ballistic missiles on a Saudi military command center in the southern coastal province of Aden, three cruise missiles at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh, and a drone attack on an oil pumping station in western Saudi Arabia.

Spokesman for the Yemeni military, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in separate statements on Wednesday night that missiles targeted a Saudi military command center and operations room in al-Buraiqeh, as well as Saudi-backed forces in the southern province of Lahij, the northern province of al-Jawf and the oil-rich central province of Ma’rib.

Saree stated that the missiles hit their intended targets and caused large casualties.

Also on Wednesday, the spokesman for the Yemeni army said cruise missiles targeted the Riyadh airport, while a separate drone struck Pumping Station No. 11 in the Yanbu area, which serves as a major oil hub on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.

Meanwhile, Saree said in another statement that Saudi forces had carried out 93 airstrikes on Ta’izz and five other Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, claiming dozens of casualties.

He added that Saudi F-15SA and Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes took off from King Khalid Air Base near Khamis Mushait, and King Fahd Air Base in Taif to conduct the aerial assaults.

On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in response to "an unjust and oppressive siege" on Yemen for almost 12 years.

Subsequently, the Yemeni armed forces have reported a series of successful missions that have targeted vessels associated with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen, initiating a comprehensive military offensive that received support in terms of military, political, and logistical assistance from the United States and several Western countries.

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have lost their lives; however, Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its primary goal of reestablishing a puppet government that served its interests.