Seems Houthi/Saleh reporting about this war is increasingly turning into a lame copy of Russian reporting about Syria.
According to the spokesman for the (Houthi/Saleh) Missile Forces, the last night they should've targeted a military base in al-Mazamiyyah, outside Riyadh.
That's about 1,200km away from Yemen.
But, local sources deny to have at least heard some kind of an explosion, and there is simply no kind of confirmation for Houthis/Saleh really firing any kind of a missile at Saudi Arabia.
Thus, I doubt there was any.
Certainly enough, Houthis/Saleh have assembled three Burkan-1s from several old Scuds, and all three were spent back in October. These had a range of about 600 kilometres, and - as could be expected from such an improvisation like they were - proved anything but 'reliable'.
A fourth Burkan-1 was assembled in January this year and fired on the 31st. But, while Houthis/Saleh claimed this 'killed 80 mercenaries' on Zuqar Island in the Red Sea, the other side didn't find that attack even worth mentioning.
Of course, there is always a chance of the Missile Force assembling another - and even longer-ranged - example from bits and pieces of various other Scuds left from earlier times; perhaps even examples partially destroyed during earlier Saudi-led air strikes on Camp Bild ar-Rus (former major base of the Missile Batteries Group). But, that's unlikely to result in a particularly effective piece of military machinery (especially not one capable of reaching 1,200km away).
Overall, the momentum is clearly against Houthi/Saleh and it's certain they are desperate for any kind of success. That's the reason for ever more fantastic claims: first that with 'missile strike that destroyed a Saudi warship' - which then turned out to have been an attack by a remote-controlled or a suicide boat - that barely damaged the ship in question.
(Here that attack as captured on the video system of the warship in question:
https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/2017/02...8A%D8%A9-.html. Attached is a photo of the frigate, taken two days ago as she was returning to the port of Jeddah for repairs.)
Actually, the Houthi/Saleh coalition is running out of money to pay their combatants, there are rumours about infighting between the Houthis and the Saleh-loyalists. Houthis have also imposed a strict ban on all sorts of cell-phones, digital cameras etc., in order to prevent any kind of reporting about what's going on on different battlefields, meanwhile.
They know they are losing this war, and there's no way they can win it any more.
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