The Houthi group accused the Saudi-UAE coalition of launching air strikes as part of what it called a military escalation in several areas, and threatened to respond by striking Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The group's military spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Serai, said in remarks to Houthi media on Friday that the Saudi-UAE alliance had launched more than a dozen raids to support what he described as skulls and mobilization of troops on some fronts of fighting on the Yemeni-Saudi border.

He added that one of the raids launched by coalition aircraft targeted the beard area in Hodeidah province in western Yemen. The United Nations has been trying for weeks to stabilize the ceasefire in Hodeidah by setting up observation points.

Houthi military spokesman spoke of a military escalation in this area, considering it a clear violation of the Swedish peace agreement concluded in late 2018 under the auspices of the United Nations.

He also said there had been an escalation of the frontier fighting on the border, but stressed that what he described as aggressive states had been unable to make any significant progress and that they had received strong blows.

While the spokesman did not accurately identify the areas of offensive operations supported by the Saudi-Emirati coalition, Walsal media reported a Saudi missile and artillery shelling on the Razih and Moneeb areas of Saada in northern Yemen.

Recently, some frontier fighting has seen clashes between the Houthis and Saudi forces despite reports of informal talks between the Houthi group and Saudi Arabia to reach a ceasefire between the two sides.

A member of the Houthi political bureau, Mohammad al-Bakhiti, said that if the Saudi-UAE alliance did not stop its raids on Yemen, the group could resume targeting the Saudi and Emirati depths.

Al-Bakhiti said during a previous meeting with Al-Jazeera that the Saudi and Emirati leaders are well aware that the balance of power is now in Yemen's favor, not only by targeting the Saudi and Emirati depths, but also through field battles, he said.

About a week ago, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi threatened to strike "harshest strikes" on Saudi Arabia unless what he called the aggression and blockade on Yemen ceased.

The Houthis have in the past adopted several attacks on energy facilities and military bases in Saudi Arabia. They also claimed to target locations in the UAE, including Abu Dhabi airport by drones.