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Arab coalition intercepts 2 Houthi drones, ballistic missile launched toward 海角直播

Arab coalition spokesperson Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the attacks were deliberate attempts by Yemen鈥檚 Houthi militia to target civilians. (File/AFP)
Arab coalition spokesperson Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the attacks were deliberate attempts by Yemen鈥檚 Houthi militia to target civilians. (File/AFP)
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Updated 12 February 2021

Arab coalition intercepts 2 Houthi drones, ballistic missile launched toward 海角直播

Arab coalition intercepts 2 Houthi drones, ballistic missile launched toward 海角直播
  • Col. Al-Maliki says attacks was deliberate attempt by the Houthis to target civilians

RIYADH: Arab coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by the Houthi militia toward 海角直播 on Thursday.
Spokesperson Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the missile was launched toward Khamis Mushait in the southern region from Saada governorate in Yemen.
A drone launched by the Houthis on Thursday evening聽that was targeting the southern region as well, was also intercepted and destroyed by coalition forces, he said in a separate聽statement on Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Col. Al-Maliki said the attack was a 鈥渄eliberate鈥 attempt by the Iran-backed Houthi militia to target civilians.
The spokesperson also said that coalition forces were 鈥渢aking the necessary measures to neutralize and destroy the specific capabilities of the Houthi militia.鈥
鈥淭he planners and perpetrators of terrorist attacks will be firmly held accountable, in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules,鈥 he said in another statement issued on SPA.
The coalition said it intercepted another booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait in the early hours of the morning, calling it 鈥渁 systematic and deliberate manner to target civilian objects and civilians.鈥
The attacks come a day after the Houthis sparked international condemnation after launching an attack on Abha airport in the southern Asir region, causing a commercial plane to catch fire.

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