7 Loyalists Killed in Strikes on Yemen’s Largest Air Base
Arab World
Asharq Al-Awsat
Strikes on Yemen’s largest air base Sunday killed at least seven pro-government troops and injured scores more, medical and loyalist sources told AFP, blaming the Iran-backed Houthi militias for the attack. Medics said they received seven bodies and treated more than 50 people injured in the attack on Al-Anad air base in the government-held southern province of Lahij. Armed forces spokesman Mohammed al-Naqib told AFP there were casualties, without giving numbers, accusing the Houthis of launching missile and drone strikes. A local pro-government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed fatalities. In 2019, the Houthis said they launched a drone strike on Al-Anad during a military parade, with medics and government sources saying at the time at least six loyalists were killed -- including a high-ranking intelligence official. Al-Anad, some 60 kilometers (40 miles) north of Yemen’s second city Aden, was the headquarters for US troops overseeing a long-running drone war against Al-Qaeda until March 2014 when it was overrun by the Houthis. It was recaptured by government forces in August 2015 as they recovered territory from the militias across the south with support from the Saudi-led coalition.
from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3158856/7-loyalists-killed-strikes-yemen%E2%80%99s-largest-air-base
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