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As media blackout in Western and Arab allies’ media continues on the Saudi war that has been launched against Yemen since March, more civilians die in the deadly Saudi-led attacks on the Persian Gulf impoverished country. Yet, the Yemen popular forces and the Ansarullah in Yemen have succeeded in repelling many attacks and retaliating to the deadly strikes Saudi Arabia and the coalition forces have been conducting.

180 Saudi-led troops at least were killed after Yemen's army fires a ballistic missile at a military base in retaliation for heavy bombing and capture of two Yemeni towns despite a ceasefire.

Backed by the Ansarullah revolutionary fighters, the forces launched a Tochka ballistic missile at the military camp in Yemen’s west-central province of Ma’rib Friday afternoon, reported al-Masira Yemeni website said. The website had earlier put the toll at 120, pointing out that the fatalities include a number of Saudi officers and military personnel.

Earlier in the day, Yemeni forces also launched two other ballistic missiles towards military bases in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Najran region. One of them, a Tochka missile, was intercepted by Saudi forces in the Yemeni airspace and fell in the vicinity of Ma'rib city. The other one, a Yemeni ballistic missile named Qaher 1, hit a desert area eastwards of the city of Najran.

Also, an ammunition depot and two Apache helicopters of the pro-Saudi aggressors were also destroyed in the Yemeni ballistic missile strikes in Southern Yemen.

According to the Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi Coalition Forces Command confirmed the news in a statement without mentioning the number of casualties and the extent of damage inflicted.

The developments occurred while a seven-day ceasefire was supposed to be in place since Tuesday. The truce was declared by the UN to pave the way for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and representatives of the former government to engage in peace talks in the northern Swiss village of Magglingen.

Yet, since the truce came into effect on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia has escalated its heavy bombing of Yemen and forces loyal to pro-Saudi Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have overrun two towns.

Saudi warplanes have conducted more than 300 airstrikes against Yemen ever since the ceasefire, reported a Yemeni military source.

Last Friday, Saudi aircraft bombed a residential building in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, killing 23 people, including a four-member family and medical staff, Saba Net news agency noted. In retaliation, the Yemeni army and popular forces conducted several attacks against key military bases and positions in two Saudi provinces, inflicting heavy losses on the kingdom's forces.

During the nine month Saudi war on Yemen, more than 7,500 people have died and 27,500 have been injured. The war has also devastated Yemen’s infrastructure, with hospitals and roads destroyed, making humanitarian aid difficult to deliver.

Despite its appalling human rights record, Saudi Arabia was awarded a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council last year and this summer was selected to oversee an influential committee within the council that appoints officials to report on country-specific and thematic human rights challenges. Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabia has used its newfound power to thwart an international inquiry into allegations that it committed war crimes in Yemen.