2016 Al Anad Air Base missile attack explained

Conflict:	2016 Alanad Air Base missile attack
Partof:	Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
Width:	400px
Date:	31 January 2016
Place:	Al Anad Air Base, Lahij Governorate, Yemen
Result:	Houthi victory
Combatant1:	Revolutionary Committee Houthis
Combatant2:	Cabinet of Yemen Supported by: Arab Coalition Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Sudan United States Academi PMCs
Commander1:	Unknown Houthi Commander
Commander2:	Col. Nicholas Petros (Academi Leader in Yemen)
Casualties1:	None
Casualties2:	200 killed or wounded^[1]

The Al Anad Air Base missile attack was a strike carried out by the pro-Saleh Yemeni Army and Houthi militants with a ballistic missile against a military camp in the Al Anad Air Base that was being used by troops of the Saudi-led coalition, in Lahij Governorate.

Attack

Yemeni military loyal to and Houthi fighters targeted the Al Anad Air Base with a Tochka ballistic missile, the strike inflicted numerous casualties on the coalition forces including Academi mercenaries.^[2] Reports said that there were over 200 casualties^[3] in the camp, including the new leader of Academi in Yemen US Colonel Nicholas Petros. Military material was allegedly destroyed, including Saudi led coalition Apaches.

Aftermath

Houthi forces launched another attack on Alanad Air Base in 2019 using drones.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Use of Mercenaries by the Saudi-led Coalition to Violate Human Rights in Yemen and Impede the Exercise of the Yemeni People's Right to Self-determination. Arabian Right Watch Association. 15 June 2020.
2. Web site: Media Ignores Dozens Of Blackwater Mercenaries Killed In Yemen. Yemen Watch. 15 June 2020.
3. Web site: Yemen's Tochka Attack Kills Blackwater Commander, Saudi Mercenaries. Al Manar TV.