Yemeni armed forces strike Saudi landing ship, naval boats in Red Sea
Yemen’s armed forces have struck a Saudi landing ship and several escort boats in the Red Sea in retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s ongoing military campaign and blockade.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the armed forces, said on Monday that military units carried out the operation off the coast of the Port of Mokha and deployed “a number of ballistic missiles” against the vessels.
They “successfully achieved” their objectives in the strike, Saree said.
The strike was precise and direct, he said, resulting in the complete destruction of the Saudi landing ship and the sinking of several vessels. The remaining vessels were also set ablaze.
Saree emphasized that the armed forces are keeping a watchful eye on any movement of the Saudi enemy, closely monitoring military buildups, and will target them whether they are set up on land or at sea.
“They stand fairly committed to the ‘siege for siege’ equation, and will continue to target all Saudi troop buildups wherever they might be, relying on God and placing trust in Him.”
Also on Monday, the Yemeni armed forces struck an arms depot belonging to the Saudi-backed mercenary forces at the Sahn al-Jin military camp in the southwestern province of Ma’rib.
Saree said the strike was accurate and caused a massive blaze inside the installation.
The Yemeni armed forces launched a wave of drone and missile attacks in Mokha and Ma’rib in southwestern Yemen on Sunday.
The so-called National Resistance Forces, aligned with Yemen’s Saudi-backed and Aden-based regime and led by Presidential Leadership Council member Tariq Saleh, said one missile hit Mokha, without giving details about injuries or damage.
Local sources said six ballistic missiles and four drones targeted neighborhoods in Ma’rib city.
On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, stating that authorities in Riyadh have been keeping “an unjust and oppressive siege” in place on Yemen for nearly 12 years, “plundering our resources and implementing a complete blockade.”
Subsequently, the Yemeni armed forces have announced multiple successful operations against Saudi-linked vessels in the Red Sea.
Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen in March 2015, initiating a comprehensive war supported militarily, politically, and logistically by the United States and certain Western countries.
Tens of thousands of Yemenis have been killed, yet Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its primary goal of reinstalling a puppet regime aligned with Riyadh.
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