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Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Thursday carried out a drone attack on the Najran airport in southern Saudi Arabia, according to a television channel linked to the group, Anadolu Agency reports.
Thursday’s drone strike was the group’s third attack on the airport within the last 72 hours.
According to the Houthi-linked Al-Maseerah TV channel, the drone attack targeted a Patriot missile-defence battery that had been installed at the airport.
Last week, Saudi Arabia accused the Houthis of staging drone attacks on two pumping stations along the East-West Oil Pipeline, which carries oil from Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province to the Port of Yanbu.
Since 2015, Saudi Arabia has led a military coalition against the Houthi rebel group, which overran much of Yemen, including capital Sanaa, one year earlier.
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