Coalition forces in Yemen on Tuesday morning intercepted and shot down a drone fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia from Sanaa to civilian objects in Khamis Mushayt in Saudi Arabia.
"The attempts of the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia to launch ballistic missiles and drones are doomed to fail," Colonel Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the coalition forces, said. All operational procedures and best practices of rules of engagement to deal with these aircraft to protect civilians, and that the recent repeated terrorist attempts as a result of casualties on military operations on the ground and seeks to raise the morale of its terrorist elements.
Al-Maliki stressed the continued leadership of the joint forces of the coalition to implement deterrent measures against this terrorist militia to neutralize and destroy these capabilities and strictly, in accordance with international humanitarian law and customary rules.