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Yemeni forces kill over 80 Saudi-led troops, including 42 Blackwater mercenaries, in missile attack

Yemeni forces kill over 80 Saudi-led troops, including 42 Blackwater mercenaries, in missile attack --The surface-to-surface missile also destroyed two Patriot missile systems, three Apache helicopters, more than 50 military vehicles, all belonging to the US Blackwater Worldwide security services company. | 13 Dec 2015 | Yemeni forces have managed to kill over 80 Saudi-led troops, including 42 Blackwater mercenaries, in a ballistic missile attack in the western Bab-el-Mandeb area. The Yemeni army, backed by popular committees loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement, targeted a Saudi military headquarters in the Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz with a Tochka ballistic missile on Sunday night, Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah news website reported. Twenty-three Saudi, nine Emirati, and seven Moroccan forces, including a number of commanders, were also killed in the attack.