| December 2015 Taiz missile attack | |||||||
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| Part of Taiz campaign (2015–present) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Unknown Houthi Commander |  Col. Abdullah al-Sahian † [1] (Head of Saudi Arabian Special Forces in Taiz area) [2]  Col. Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi † [1]  Cmdr. Carlos Nicholas † [3] (Academi PMC Colombian Mercenary Unit Brigade Commander) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | | ||||||
The December 2015 Taiz missile attack was a strike carried out by the pro-Saleh Yemeni Army and Houthi militants with a Tochka ballistic 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 numerous casualties on the coalition forces. [1] Reports said that there were 152 casualties [4] in the camp, including 23 Saudi, 18 Sudanese, 9 Moroccan, and 7 Emirati servicemen reportedly killed. [5] Large amounts of military material were destroyed, including vehicles and air-defense systems. In addition, Houthi militants claimed to have killed at least 40 mercenaries of the Academi private military company in the missile strike. [5]