Press TV - Yemeni forces and allied fighters from�Popular Committees�have fired 17 missiles at Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir region in retaliation for the Saudi war on the impoverished Arab nation.�


A military source told the website of Yemen's Houthi�Ansarullah movement on Friday that 15 domestically-manufactured Zelzal-1 (Earthquake-1) ballistic missiles had hit the gatherings of Saudi-led mercenaries in the Alab�border crossing, killing and injuring dozens.



The Yemeni forces also fired artillery shells at the crossing and managed to foil an infiltration attempt by Saudi-led forces from the same area, the source added.

He further noted that the Yemeni troops had fired two more Zelzal-1 missiles at the gatherings of Saudi-led mercenaries in Asir's al-Majardah district, causing casualties.

Saudi Arabia and its allies launched the war against Yemen in March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall the Riyadh-allied�former regime and crush Houthis.

The invaders have, however, failed to achieve their objectives in the face of the�Yemeni�resistance.

The Houthi fighters, backed by Yemeni armed forces, have been defending the country against the Saudi aggression.

The Western-backed war on Yemen, coupled with a naval blockade, has destroyed the country�s infrastructure and led to a humanitarian crisis.

According to a December 2018�report�by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, the Saudi war has claimed the lives of over 60,000 Yemenis since January 2016.

Yemeni fighters regularly target�positions inside Saudi Arabia in retaliatory attacks against�the protracted Saudi offensive on the import-dependent state.