Mutual attacks by coalition forces and Yemeni Houthis on each other's positions
After a Houthi missile attack on an uninhabited area in southern Saudi Arabia, Saudi-led coalition forces announced that they had destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile depot and an explosive drone.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen announced on Tuesday morning, March 16, that it had targeted an explosive drone flying towards the city of Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
On Monday, March 15, two ballistic missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels hit an uninhabited area in Saudi Arabia's southern border region.
After the missile attack, the commander of the coalition forces told Al-Ikhbariya TV that the forces had destroyed a ballistic missile depot in Saada province in northern Yemen from where the missiles had been fired.
"Our operations are aimed at protecting civilians with the aim of neutralizing and eliminating the source of the threat," he said, adding that the coalition's military operations are in accordance with international law and current regulations.
Houthi rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia have intensified in recent weeks. On March 7, coalition forces announced that they had destroyed a drone and missile depot from which attacks on the Ras Tanura oil facility had been launched.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition entered the Yemeni war in March 2015 to defend the country's legitimate government against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The United Nations and the United States are trying to bring the Houthis to the negotiating table and end the war in Yemen. The Joe Biden administration, unlike Donald Trump, has stopped supporting Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been accused of sending weapons to the Houthis, but it has always denied this accusation.
Source: DW
