Saudi air defense downs two Houthi drones
Saudi air defense forces intercepted two drones
launched by Houthi militias from neighboring Yemen, the Arab Coalition’s
spokesman Colonel Turki al Maliki announced.
The drones targeted the city of Khamis Mushait in
the Kingdom's south on Monday night and caused no damage or casualties,
al-Maliki said in a brief statement released early Tuesday by the official
Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The attacks come as the coalition was intensifying
air raids on Houthi positions in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah.
Last month, the Saudi air force shot down a
bomb-laden drone deployed by Houthi rebels that targeted Jizan airport, close
to the southern border with Yemen, the coalition said.
The airport is used by thousands of civilians every
day, but the coalition reported no casualties and warned the militias of a
strong response.
