Yemen's Houthis fire missile to strike Saudi base in reprisal

Yemen's Houthi forces said Wednesday they fired a ballistic missile on a Saudi border guards base in retaliation for airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, Houthi-run state Saba news agency reported.

It said the missile was fired late on Tuesday and hit the Saudi border guards base in Najran, a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen.

"The missile came in response to breaches to the ceasefire and continuing airstrikes by the Saudi aggression," Saba quoted a military source of Houthi group as saying.

The Saudi government has yet to comment on the attack, but it's war planes appeared to response to the attack with several air raids on Wednesday morning, targeting Houthi military bases around the capital Sanaa, according to residents.

Houthis who control most northern parts of Yemen have launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia several times since Saudi-led coalition forces engaged in Yemen's civil war more than a year ago.

Saudi forces have since shot down many rockets by patriot missiles suppled by the United States.

Saudi Arabia led a coalition from mostly Arab countries intervened in Yemen's conflict in 2015 to restore power to internationally recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi after Houthis backed by allied forces stormed the capital Sanaa and forced Hadi with his government into exile in 2014. Endit