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Riyadh The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said on Thursday it had destroyed two explosive-laden remote-controlled boats in the Red Sea that were allegedly launched by Houthi rebels.
The coalition said the boats were 6 kilometres south of Salif port, in Yemen’s the embattled Hodeida province.
The boats were prepared to carry out “imminent hostile and terrorist acts” in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the southern Red Sea, according to the statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Saudi Arabia formed the coalition in 2015, a few months after the Houthis took over the capital Sana’a and began advancing towards the southern city of Aden, which became the temporary seat of the Saudi-backed government. (DPA)
The coalition said the boats were 6 kilometres south of Salif port, in Yemen’s the embattled Hodeida province.
The boats were prepared to carry out “imminent hostile and terrorist acts” in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the southern Red Sea, according to the statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Saudi Arabia formed the coalition in 2015, a few months after the Houthis took over the capital Sana’a and began advancing towards the southern city of Aden, which became the temporary seat of the Saudi-backed government. (DPA)
