Saudi Arabia Pleads With Washington For Patriot Missile Defence Resupply

A member of the US airforce near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, on 20 February 2020 (AFP)  

Middle East Eye: Saudi Arabia 'pleads' for US Patriot missiles amid Houthi aerial barrage 

Weekly ballistic missile and drone strikes against the kingdom said to have left it with worryingly low arsenal 

Saudi Arabia has urgently requested hundreds more Patriot interceptors from the US, as well as from Gulf and European allies, as it battles against weekly ballistic missile and drone strikes launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a US newspaper. 

Rebel Houthis have repeatedly launched cross border attacks on Saudi Arabia using drones and missiles since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 after the movement ousted the government from the capital Sanaa. 

The coalition said on Tuesday that it bombed military targets in Sanaa after the Houthis launched ballistic missiles and armed drones into Saudi Arabia, including at Aramco oil facilities in Jeddah.  

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Update #1: Saudis ask for US help as missile defense arsenal runs low (NYPost)  

Update #2: Saudi pleads with US for missile defence resupply: Report (Al Jazeera)  

WNU Editor: The Yemen war continues to grind on .... Saudi coalition bombs Sanaa in tit-for-tat violence with Houthis (Reuters).

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