Manama: The Saudi-led coalition fighting against Yemen’s Houthi militia intercepted and destroyed four armed drone launched towards Saudi Arabia.
The coalition said early on Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia targeting the southern Saudi city, Khamis Mushait.
Coalition forces had intercepted two drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthis targeting the Kingdom on Wednesday.
Coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said a “booby-trapped” drone launched from Yemeni airspace by the Houthi militia was intended to target civilians and civilian infrastructure in a systematic and deliberate manner.
Coalition forces intercepted another drone launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait in the southern region on Wednesday morning.
Attempts by the Houthi militia to attack civilians constitute war crimes, Col. Al-Maliki said.
He said that the joint coalition forces are taking the necessary operational measures to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules.
Last week, a drone attack on the Abha international airport drew international condemnation after it caused a passenger plane to catch fire.
