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Riyadh
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said its forces intercepted and downed drones launched by the Iranian-backed group towards the south-western Saudi city of Najran on Wednesday.
The coalition’s spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a statement the drones were directed at civilian targets.
He added “such hostile and terrorist acts are blatant violation to international law and confirm (the) Houthis’ rejection of a ceasefire that was announced by the coalition and began in April.”
He stressed the coalition would continue to take and implement “deterrent measures” against the Houthi militias to “neutralize and destroy” their capabilities.
On April 9, the coalition unilaterally announced a two-week ceasefire in the war-torn country, and later it extended it by one month.
The Houthis’ advances on the government’s temporary capital of Aden prompted Saudi Arabia to form the coalition and start an air campaign against the group in March 2015.
The conflict has pushed Yemen, already one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, to the verge of famine and devastated the country’s health facilities.
Riyadh
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said its forces intercepted and downed drones launched by the Iranian-backed group towards the south-western Saudi city of Najran on Wednesday.
The coalition’s spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a statement the drones were directed at civilian targets.
He added “such hostile and terrorist acts are blatant violation to international law and confirm (the) Houthis’ rejection of a ceasefire that was announced by the coalition and began in April.”
He stressed the coalition would continue to take and implement “deterrent measures” against the Houthi militias to “neutralize and destroy” their capabilities.
On April 9, the coalition unilaterally announced a two-week ceasefire in the war-torn country, and later it extended it by one month.
The Houthis’ advances on the government’s temporary capital of Aden prompted Saudi Arabia to form the coalition and start an air campaign against the group in March 2015.
The conflict has pushed Yemen, already one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, to the verge of famine and devastated the country’s health facilities.
