[News] YAF strike 'sensitive' target at Saudi Najran airport 'with precision'

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YAF strike 'sensitive' target at Saudi Najran airport 'with precision'
Al Mayadeen English
4August 4, 2026
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The Yemeni Armed Forces say the operation is in response to Saudi airspace
violations.

   - [image: A Yemeni man walks past a monument featuring mock rockets in
   Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, July 28, 2026 (AP)]
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   A Yemeni man walks past a monument featuring mock rockets in Sanaa, Yemen,
   Tuesday, July 28, 2026 (*AP*)

The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a drone strike
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/egypt-boosts-naval-presence-near-bab-al-mandab--israeli-repo>
targeting a "sensitive" facility at Najran Airport in Saudi Arabia,
successfully hitting it with precision, announced the YAF spokesperson
Brigadier General Yahya Saree.

In a statement, Saree said the operation was conducted using a drone and
that the hit was precise and came in response to the violation of Yemeni
airspace
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-besieged-yemen-is-now-blockading-saudi-arabia---al-ali-says>
by Saudi forces.

"With the help of God, the Yemeni Armed Forces were able to target a
sensitive target of the Saudi enemy at Najran Airport with a drone, and the
strike was precise," the statement said.

According to the Yemeni Armed Forces, the strike came "in response to the
Saudi enemy's breach
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/sanaa-denies-plans-to-impose-transit-fees-in-bab-al-mandeb>
of the airspace in the provinces of Saada and Hajjah with its
reconnaissance drones."

The group also issued a warning to Saudi Arabia, stating that any further
violations of Yemeni airspace would be confronted. "We affirm to the Saudi
enemy
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemeni-armed-forces--eight-saudi-oil-tankers-diverted-around>
that any breach of our airspace will not pass without response and
punishment," the statement added.
Eight Saudi tankers diverted from course: YAF

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on August 1 that eight Saudi oil tankers
were forced to change course toward the Cape of Good Hope as part of a
maritime blockade imposed on Saudi vessels under what it calls the
"blockade for blockade" equation.

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a
statement that the action followed the tightening of restrictions on Saudi
oil vessels.

"As part of consolidating the 'blockade for blockade' equation, and as a
result of our armed forces' enforcement of the maritime ban on Saudi enemy
oil vessels, eight Saudi oil ships were forced to change their route toward
the Cape of Good Hope," Saree said.

He added that Yemeni forces would continue the maritime blockade against
Saudi Arabia, saying that "the hand of the armed forces will reach its
ships wherever we are able to do so."
Saudi aggression on Yemen

This comes amid Saudi aggression
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/sanaa-transport-minister-says-saudi-assault-has-crippled-red>
 on Yemen, with Sanaa confronting Riyadh's attacks and launching
retaliatory operations in response.

Earlier on July 29, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the
Yemeni Armed Forces, announced that Yemeni forces had shot down
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-s-ansar-allah-down-saudi-drone--condemn-aggression-on>
 a Saudi Karayel reconnaissance drone.

Saree said the Saudi reconnaissance aircraft was downed with an appropriate
weapon while carrying out hostile activities over Saada province in the
early hours of Wednesday.

The Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson stressed that the forces would
continue to protect the country's sovereignty, adding that Yemen has the
legitimate right to respond to any violation.
Yemeni Armed Forces strike Saudi oil tanker

On July 28, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a top-tier military
operation targeting the Saudi oil tanker NCC GHAZAL over its violation of
the maritime navigation ban imposed on Saudi Arabia, spokesperson Brigadier
General Yahya Saree announced.

According to his statement, the Saudi vessel was targeted after it refused
to heed warnings, adding that the operation was carried out using ballistic
missiles and forced the tanker to retreat.

He affirmed that Yemen would continue enforcing the maritime ban against
the "Saudi enemy" as part of a broader campaign to confront the blockade
imposed on Yemen.

"We affirm the continuation of enforcing the maritime ban on the Saudi
enemy as part of confronting the blockade with a blockade and responding to
comprehensive escalation with comprehensive escalation," Saree said.
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