Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that they carried out missile and drone attacks on “Saudi military deployments” in Yemen's Saudi-backed government controlled areas of Marib and Hadramout.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of a “large military buildup” in Yemen and said that in response, “our armed forces conducted a large-scale and precise military operation targeting Saudi enemy troop concentrations,” which killed and wounded several soldiers.

Medical sources said that at least 38 Saudi-backed Yemeni government troops were killed, AFP has reported.