Missile war heats up


Issue 1032 - 23 Feb 2017 | 1 minute read

Houthi rebels fired a missile at Abha airport in the Saudi province of Asir on 15 February, in revenge for a Saudi airstrike on a funeral house in Arhab, Sanaa province earlier that day. The Saudi airstrike killed eight women and children and injured ten others. It was the first successful launch by Houthi forces on Saudi Arabia this year, although they did fire a missile at a village controlled by pro-government forces in Taiz in January, killing ten.

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