Houthi Drone Attack Targets Senior Military Officials

January 10 2019

Yemen

At least five Yemeni soldiers have been killed and 20 wounded in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack on a government air base near the temporary capital, Aden, reports Al Jazeera (Qatar). 

On Thursday, a drone carrying 150 pounds (70 kg) to 220 pounds (100 kg) of explosives detonated over the main stage where officials were viewing a military parade at Al-Anad airbase in the government-held province of Lahij. 

Medical officials told Agence France-Presse that six soldiers were...

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