MISSILES ON RIYADH. The war in Yemen is getting worse …
In total silence on the evening of 10 September, the Saudi capital of Riyadh was the subject of a missile and drone attack by the Ansar Allah movement (better known as Houthi, the Yemeni Shiites). The Yemeni missile and rebel air forces, loyal to the Houthi government, announced that they had hit a "high-value target" in Riyadh with a Zulfiqar ballistic missile and three Samad-3 suicide drones.
" The attacks are a response to the enemy's permanent escalation and its continued blockade against our country, " said Brig. General Yahya Sari, spokesman for the Houthi government's armed forces, has promised further attacks on Saudi Arabia if the Kingdom "will continue its aggression and siege" on Yemen.
The Houthis unveiled the Samad-3 combat drone, which can also be used as a suicide weapon, in 2019. At the time, they claimed a range of up to 1,500 km. As for the Zulfiqar ballistic missile, it is one of a variant of cruise ballistic missiles widely used by the Houthis against Saudi-affiliated targets. All weapons built with the material and planning help of the Iranians, the great sponsors of the Yemeni indipedentists.
Commenting on the September 10 attack, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said Houthi forces fired missiles and drones at civilian targets in Saudi Arabia, without providing further details.
Every Houthi attack on a target inside Saudi Arabia is a major blow to the Kingdom. Even without the almost lost war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is going through an economic and political crisis and this leads the authorities to even deny that any kind of attack has taken place … However, it was known that a few days ago there were attacks on the Abha International Airport, in the south east of the country.
Meanwhile, Saudi soldiers are giving up ground in Yemen, making their inadequacy towards Houthi fighters increasingly tangible. A problematic situation that joins an economic crisis in the Kingdom, caused by the collapse of the price of oil, which is increasingly aggressive.
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