Saudis intercept Yemen missile

Death toll from attack on army camp rises to 32

RIYADH // A Yemeni rebel missile was intercepted over Saudi Arabia on Friday, as the death toll from a rebel attack on a Yemeni army camp rose to 32.

Rebels said the missile was aimed at Saudi oil giant Aramco in Jizan.

The coalition said the missile was intercepted without casualties or damage. More than 80 people were wounded in the rocket attack on the army camp in Marib prov- ince east of the capital, Sanaa.

Marib province lies on the border with Saudi Arabia and most of it has been retaken by government forces.

Meanwhile, in the south-west province of Taez, two senior Yemen rebels survived a coalition air raid on their convoy yesterday that killed eight of their guards.

The attack targeted a convoy carrying Abdu Al Jundi, who was appointed as the governor of Taez by the Houthi rebels, and Abu Ali Al Hakem, military commander in the same region.

The eight guards were killed when two vehicles in their convoy were hit in the raid near the town of Burj. Mr Jundi and Mr Hakem were able to escape and seek shelter in a nearby market, said a rebel military source.

In the western province of Hodeida, Saudi- led coalition aircraft carried out a series of strikes on a rebel training camp yesterday, leaving dozens dead and wounded, according to a military official.

The camp, 70 kilometres east of Hodeida city, is home to young recruits enlisted by the Houthis. Two weeks ago, the rebels forced each district in Hodeida to send 30 young people there for conscription.