December 2015 Taiz missile attack

December 2015 Taiz missile attack Part of Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Date 14 December 2015 Location Taiz Governorate, Yemen Result Houthi victory Heavy casualties on coalition troops Belligerents Yemen (Revolutionary Committee) Houthi fighters Coalition  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Morocco  Sudan Blackwater mercenaries Yemeni Army (pro-Hadi) Commanders and leaders Unknown Houthi Commander Colonel Abdullah al-Sahian †[1] (Head of Saudi Arabian Special Forces in Taiz area)[2] Colonel Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi †[1](Senior UAE military officer) Casualties and losses None 23 Soldiers killed 7 Soldiers killed 9 Soldiers killed 16 or 18 Soldiers killed[3] 42 Blackwater mercenaries(Acc. to Houthis)

Yemeni Crisis Revolution (2011–12) Sa'dah 1st Sana'a Zinjibar Ta'izz Dammaj Transition and AQAP campaign (2012–13) Dofas Abyan (2012) Sana'a Al Bayda Radda (2013) Sana'a (2013) Houthi rebellion (2014–15) Dammaj 2nd Al Bayda Amran 2nd Sanaa Houthi takeover Rescue operations Rada' Ibb Sana'a Police Academy Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) 1st Shabwah 3rd Al Bayda Aden Airport Sana'a mosques Ad Dali' Saudi-led intervention Aden 1st Abyan Lahij Najran, Jizan and Asir 2nd Shabwah 1st Mukalla Ta'izz Ma'rib missile strike Sana'a mosque (2nd) Aden Violence Aden hotel attack 1st Aden Aden Christian attack 2nd Aden 3rd Aden 4th Aden 5th & 6th Aden Zinjibar and Jaar Taiz missile strike Port Midi Hadramaut 2nd Abyan 3rd Abyan 2nd Mukalla 3rd Mukalla 4th Mukalla Sana'a funeral air raid US Yakla raid US Al Hathla raid

The December 2015 Taiz missile attack was a strike made by the pro-Saleh Yemeni Army and the Houthis with a ballistic Tochka missile, against a military camp that was being used by troops of the Saudi-led coalition, south-west of the city of Taiz. The strike inflicted tens of casualties on coalition ranks,^[1] 150 casualties were reported. That figure includes 23 Saudi, 16-18 Sudanese, 9 Moroccan and 7 Emirati servicemen reported killed in the attack.^[3] Houthi militants also claim to have killed at least 42 mercenaries of the Blackwater Private military company in the missile strike.^[3]

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