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Saudi-led coalition says it confronts explosive Houthi drone

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By SRI NewsDesk Published April 21, 2021
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Saudi-led coalition says it confronted an explosive drone fired towards Khamis Mushait near Abha International Airport. The Saudi-led coalition is fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Nonetheless, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said that it had destroyed an explosive drone. They fired it towards Khamis Mushait in the south of Saudi Arabia.

Moreover, a military spokesman for the Houthi movement said they had fired a drone at and hit Abha International Airport. The airport is near Khamis Mushait, according to a report by the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV. There was no Saudi confirmation of a hit on Abha and the Houthi report could not be independently verified.

Furthermore, Riyadh says it intercepts most of the drones and missiles which the Houthis say they launch. Like this drone, Houthis launch other drones and missiles at airports, airbases and energy infrastructure, but some do inflict damage. The coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 after the Houthis took control of the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014.

Additionally, the Houthi group, which holds most of northern Yemen, has kept up regular cross-border drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. Also, a ground offensive in Yemen’s Marib region at a time the United States and the United Nations are pushing for a ceasefire agreement. The Houthis have been trying to seize the capital of the oil-rich Marib region.

Nevertheless, Riyadh and the Yemeni government have welcomed a truce but Houthis want a sea and air blockade fully lifted. The UN humanitarian office says the war has caused an estimated 233,000 deaths. These deaths include 131,000 from indirect causes such as lack of food, health services and infrastructure. Riyadh has faced criticism for its bombing campaign that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis (as UN describes it). The reason behind this crisis is clashes, drone and missile attacks that warring factions carry out. Aid groups report more than 20 million people in the impoverished Arab nation are experiencing food insecurity. Also, half of them are at risk of famine.

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