Saudi Arabian Air Defense Forces intercepted a drone-Houthi plane yesterday towards Najran airport. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The spokesman for the forces of the Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen, Col. Turki al-Maliki, that at one o'clock and 46 minutes on Thursday noon, the Saudi Royal Air Defense forces intercepted a plane carrying explosives launched by the militias Houthi terrorist, an attempt to target the Najran regional airport, Which is used by thousands of civilians and residents daily, without regard for international humanitarian law, which gives special protection to civilian objects.
"Al-Houthi-backed terrorist militias from Iran deliberately target civilians and civilian facilities, as well as civilian citizens and residents of all nationalities in a systematic manner, without any considerations that could result in endangering their lives," al-Maliki said.
In the strongest terms, Colonel al-Maliki warned the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militias against continuing targeting civilians and civilian facilities, and that their use of terrorist attack methods would have strong deterrents. The Joint Forces Command would take all deterrent measures.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his deep concern over another drone attack by Huthi militias at Najran airport.
The Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, expressed the Secretary-General's condemnation of the attacks and any attack on civilians and their basic infrastructure in violation of international humanitarian law.
The Secretary-General called upon the parties to exercise maximum restraint and to prevent further escalation in the face of escalating tensions.
The Secretary-General reminded the parties that the move forward fruitfully through dialogue and called on all parties to work constructively with his Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffith, to further advance the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement and efforts to end the conflict.
On the other hand, the Yemeni President Abdurbo Mansour Hadi, in a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the evening of yesterday, «excesses» special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffith.
Referring to the indirect legitimization of the militias, Hadi explained that Griffith insisted on dealing with the Huthis as a de facto government, and equating them with the legitimate government.