“Houthi fire ballistic missiles at government military base in southern Yemen… at least 20 people killed”

(Cairo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Yemen's Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, attacked a government military base in southern Yemen on the 19th (local time), killing at least 20 soldiers, the Associated Press reported.

According to multiple Yemeni military officials, Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles at al-Alam military base in southern Shabwa province.

At least 20 people were killed in the attack that day, and more than 24 were injured.

The casualties are the largest since the Houthis formalized the end of a ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed government forces in July and resumed full-scale attacks.

Meanwhile, the Houthi rebels' Ministry of Health claimed that at least nine people, including five children and two women, were killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Saada province, northern Yemen, which was controlled by the rebels the previous day.

Rebels said the airstrike was one of several over the weekend that killed more than 30 people.

Saudi Arabia had no immediate comment.