Saudi-led forces thwart missile, drone attacks by Houthis

Coalition Forces to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen have thwarted multiple attacks by Houthi militias on Saudi Arabia, according to coalition spokesman.

Coalition’s official spokesman Brigadier-General Turki Al Malki said Royal Saudi Air Force intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militia on Thursday to target civilians and civilian objects in Jazan.

On Friday morning, a bomb-laden UAV launched by Houthis targeting civilians and civilian objects in Khamis Mushait was destroyed by the coalition forces, Brigadier-General Al Maliki said.

“The terrorist Houthi militia is purposely escalating the deliberate, hostile, terrorist targeting of civilians and civilian objects using ballistic missiles and bomb-laden UAVs. These terrorist acts amount to war crimes,” he added in a statement.

The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition will continue to implement all necessary operational procedures to safeguard civilians and civilian objects in accordance with the customary International Humanitarian Law, according to the Saudi Press Agency.