Yemeni Joint Forces destroys an Emirati military vessel western Yemen
YemenExtra
Report : A.A
Yemeni naval forces, have reportedly targeted an Emirati military vessel in a missile attack off the coast of Mokha, southwestern province of Ta’izz, on Saturday afternoon.
A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told YemenExtra network that vessel was targeted with a guided missile in waters near the port city of Mukha, situated 346 kilometers south of the capital Sana’a,
The development came less than a week after Yemeni Joint forces destroyed a gunboat of the Saudi-led coalition off the coast of Yemen’s western province of Hudaydah.
An unnamed military source asserted that the Saudi vessel was carrying out radar jamming and deception against the Yemeni army when it was targeted with a missile on July 24.
On January 30, Yemeni army forces, fired a guided missile at al-Madinah warship in waters near the city of Hudaydah.
The Saudi-led coalition, which is assisting Riyadh in its war on Yemen, later confirmed the incident but claimed only five people had lost lives in the attack.
On January 21, the Yemeni Coast Guard warned enemies’ battleships against using the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, to bomb civilian targets, emphasizing that such a practice poses grave threats to international maritime navigation in the area.
In October 2016, Yemeni Joint Forces destroyed an Emirati HSV-2 Swift hybrid catamaran off the shores of Mukha, destroying a Saudi warship in a missile attack in the southwestern coast of Yemen, in the Bab el-Mandeb, on October 10, 2015.
The development came only hours after Yemeni Forces seized several strategic Saudi military bases and outposts in Jizan northern Saudi include al-Jaberi and al-Malhamah military bases as well as al-Fariza and al-Ghavieh military outposts on Friday.
Also it comes after Yemeni Joint Forces have launched 8 ballistic missiles into King Fahad Air Base, which located more than 700 kilometers (435 miles) southeast of the capital Riyadh.
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