The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced on Sunday that it has carried out a sophisticated operation to destroy the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ capabilities to store and assemble Iranian ballistic missiles and drones in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said the operation was in retaliation to the militias’ firing on Friday of a ballistic missile against Saudi Arabia and that was aimed at civilian targets.
The Houthi-held Sanaa has become a platform for the militias’ missile and drone attacks against cities and civilians, he stated.
The operation struck storage locations in Faj Attan, al-Amad and Jabal al-Nahdein.
Malki said the operation was in line with international humanitarian law. The coalition took all necessary measures to protect civilians.
The coalition joint command will confront any threat and the terrorists will be held accountable for their barbaric attacks, he vowed.
