The Iran-backed Houthis announced a ballistic missile and drone attack on a military base in the city of Sharura in southern Saudi Arabia, Kazinform reports citing Anadolu. According to the publication, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sari, in a statement published on his page on the social network X, said that the target of the attack was a military base in the city of Sharura, located near the border with Yemen. The Houthis claim the base was used to launch attacks against them. Sari said weapons depots and a command and control center at the Sharur base were attacked by large numbers of ballistic missiles and drones. A Houthi military spokesman has threatened to “shift and intensify” attacks against Saudi Arabia deeper into the country. In response to military operations by the Saudi-led Arab coalition against the Houthis in Yemen, the group regularly carries out strikes in the border areas and southern provinces of Saudi Arabia. Military installations and strategically important sites in the region are periodically attacked by drones and ballistic missiles launched from Yemen. Previously, the Houthis captured an island on a key oil transportation route.
and cargo. It was also reported that the Saudi-led coalition forces reported that the Houthis in Yemen carried out ballistic missile and drone strikes on the cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha and Jazan in southern Saudi Arabia.
