2015 Taiz attack

December 2015 Taiz missile attack
	Part of Taiz campaign (2015–present)
Date	14 December 2015
Location	Taiz Governorate, Yemen
Result	Houthi tactical victory
Belligerents
Revolutionary Committee Houthis;	Cabinet of Yemen; Supported by: ; Arab Coalition: Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Morocco; Sudan; United States Academi PMCs; ;
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Houthi Commander	Col. Abdullah al-Sahian †; (Head of Saudi Arabian Special Forces in Taiz area); Col. Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi †; Cmdr. Carlos Nicholas †; (Academi PMC Colombian Mercenary Unit Brigade Commander)
Casualties and losses
None	53+ soldiers killed; 23 soldiers killed; 7 soldiers killed; 9 soldiers killed; 18 soldiers killed; 42 Academi PMCs killed

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]