The Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia targeted, this evening, Thursday, the village of Al-Maqroud in Hajar, northwest of Al-Dhalea, with a homemade Katyusha missile, which landed near citizens’ homes.

A local source from the town of Al-Maqroud, located in the far northwest of the Hajar region, said, “The Houthi militias recently targeted their town with a missile that landed near their homes and caused a huge explosion that shook the homes, causing a state of fear and panic for all residents of the village and neighboring villages, especially It caused significant damage to the place where it fell, but none of them were harmed.”

For his part, a source in the joint operations of the Al-Dhalea axis indicated that the terrorist Houthi militias launched this missile from the direction of their areas of control in the northeast of Al-Hasha District, towards the populated town of Al-Maqroudh Hajar, confirming that the homemade missile is fired via Katyusha launchers, Civilian objects in northern Al Dhalea have previously been targeted with such missiles, and this is the third time during the current month of January.

The operational source added, “In response to this blatant attack against civilians, units of our southern armed forces responded and targeted the launch sites in addition to targeting enemy sites with direct strikes, and they will not hesitate to respond and defend civilians from any attack carried out by these Iranian-backed terrorist militias.” Our forces are constantly on alert.”