Yemeni forces launch retaliatory drone strike against Saudi airport, air base

  Two domestically-manufactured Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) combat drones struck designated targets inside Jizan airport, also known as King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz airport, as well as King Khalid air base with great precision early Sunday, spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree tweeted. The attacks, he said, were a "legitimate response" to the Riyadh regime’s devastating military campaign and crippling blockade against Yemen. The airstrikes came only two days after Yemeni armed forces and their allies accurately targeted warplane hangars at Jizan airport.Saudi warplanes bomb Ma’rib On Saturday evening, Saudi fighter jets conducted four airstrikes against the Sirwah district and another on the Medghal district in Yemen’s strategic central province of Ma’rib. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage. Saudi warplanes also attacked Bir al-Maraziq area in the Khabb wa al-Sha'af district of Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf on four occasions and Bani Hassan area in the Abs district of northern Hajjah province. Similar airstrikes were reported in the Harad district of Hajjah province in addition to the al-Sawadiyah district in al-Bayda province. Two civilian killed in Saudi artillary fire Two civilians were killed and two others injured in artillery attacks by Saudi forces in the northwestern Sa’ada province. Local sources told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that the civilians were killed as Saudi border troops attacked al-Raqou area in the Monabbih district late on Saturday. Ansarullah condemns Yemen siege on Ramadan eve Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for the Ansarullah movement, censured the Saudi-led blockade against Yemen on the eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.     “Just as the blessed month of Ramadan is around the corner, the coalition of aggression forces continue to impose their siege on Yemeni people for the seventh year, and in complete disassociation from all humanitarian principles and  values,” Abdul-Salam wrote in a tweet.