Saudi’s Fresh Strikes Targets Houthis in Yemen
KABUL: (Middle East Press) The Saudi Arabia has launched a series of fresh air strikes in Yemen which has targeted a number of strategic sites held by Houthi rebels and the bases of army units dependable to the group’s main ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The fresh strikes came as Houthi fighters on Saturday threatened to begin suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia if the kingdom continues to launch air strikes against the group’s positions.
Air strikes early on Sunday, the fourth repeated night since “Operation Decisive Storm” began, hit an arms depot in the capital city Sanaa, as well as a Special Forces headquarters.
A military airbase near the international airport was also hit.
An airport structure along with some planes and runaways had also been damaged and a weapons depot outside the capital in the Asr Mountains was destroyed, while Houthi strongholds of Saada in the north and Hudaydah in the west were also targeted.
Spokesman for the Arab coalition bombing Houthi targets in Yemen, Saudi Arabian Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri, said Houthi fighters were mobilizing towards the Saudi border.
“Saudi forces are trying to deter the Houthis from mobilizing in areas near Jizan and Najran using artillery and apache helicopters,” Asiri said.
“We will not allow the Houthis to bring their forces near the southern border of Saudi Arabia.”
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi told the Arab League summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh that the violence would not stop until the rebel group surrendered.
However, Abdel Mon’em Al-Qurashi, a senior member of the Houthis Executive Committee, said on Saturday that the group would destroy the Saudi regime for its “assault” policies, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
“If Saudi Arabia continues its aggressions against the oppressed Yemeni people, Houthi fighters will pave the way for the Saudi regime’s destruction by conducting martyrdom-seeking operations inside Saudi Arabia in the coming hours,” Quraishi told reporters.
