Saudi air defenses intercept Houthi ballistic missile threat targeting southern region

Saudi air defenses successfully intercepted a ballistic missile threat aimed at the Kingdom's southern region, according to an announcement by the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen. The coalition spokesman, Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, confirmed that Saudi forces engaged and neutralized missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.

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Saudi air defenses successfully engaged ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward southern Saudi Arabia.

The coalition condemned the attack as a "flagrant violation of ceasefire agreements" and a continuation of the militia's breaches of international law. They highlighted that such attacks target civilians, civilian infrastructure, and vital facilities within the Kingdom. Earlier this month, the coalition had stated that Houthi threats against Saudi Arabia were a tactic to distract from their own violations against the Yemeni people and the deteriorating humanitarian and economic situation in Yemen.

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The attack is condidered a flagrant violation of ceasefire agreements and another example of the militia's continued breaches of international law through attacks targeting civilians, civilian infrastructure, and vital facilities in the Kingdom.

Maj. Gen. Al-Maliki asserted that the Houthis continue to reject peace initiatives, including a Saudi-backed roadmap accepted by Yemen's internationally recognized government. He accused the militia of escalating attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea and the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, while also endangering Yemen's own infrastructure by exposing ports, airports, power stations, and factories to destruction.

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The coalition reiterated that it would respond with "firmness and unprecedented force" to any attempts to target Saudi Arabia, its citizens, national assets, or violate Yemen's sovereignty, in accordance with international humanitarian law.

The coalition reaffirmed its stance, stating it would respond with "firmness and unprecedented force" to any attempts to target Saudi Arabia, its citizens, or national assets, or to violate Yemen's sovereignty, in accordance with international humanitarian law. Saudi Arabia, alongside its international partners, remains dedicated to supporting efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people and to advance a comprehensive political solution to the conflict.

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He also accused the militia of endangering Yemen's infrastructure by exposing ports, airports, power stations, factories, and other economic assets to destruction.