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Radar hit cripples Saudi airport amid Yemeni retaliation
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The Saudi Arabian airport near the kingdom’s border with Yemen has been knocked out of operation after a retaliatory strike by Yemen’s Armed Forces hit the facility’s main radar, an AFP report said on Tuesday, citing a regional source with knowledge of the matter.
According to the source, the operations at the Najran Airport have been “suspended indefinitely” with the targeted radar having sustained damage.
Earlier in the day, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced striking a “strategic installation” inside the airport in southern Saudi Arabia in response to Riyadh’s ongoing aggression and blockade against their homeland.
Last month, the forces imposed a naval blockade on Saudi maritime transit through the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait in response to a blockade imposed by Riyadh on the Arab Peninsula nation.
Sana’a has vowed to sustain the blockade as part of its “siege for siege” approach as long as Riyadh kept up its maritime restrictions targeting Yemen.