The military spokesman for the Houthi group, Yahya Saree, said that they bombed Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia with a drone, a day after Riyadh launched an initiative to solve the Yemeni crisis, including a ceasefire.
Saree said in a tweet on the social networking site Twitter that the Air Force carried out an attack operation against Abha International Airport this afternoon with a "K2" (K2) bomber aircraft. He called it "aggression and siege."
The Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan, announced yesterday his country's initiative to resolve the Yemeni crisis, which includes a ceasefire and the start of consultations between the Yemeni parties under the auspices of the United Nations, expressing his hope for the Houthi response to "preserve Yemeni blood."
The initiative also included the opening of Sanaa International Airport for a number of direct regional and international flights, and the deposit of taxes and customs revenues for the port of Hodeidah, which is controlled by the Houthis, in the joint account at the Central Bank of Yemen in Hodeidah.
Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, Deputy Minister of Defense, expressed his hope that the Houthis would quickly accept the initiative, stressing in a series of tweets his country's commitment to implementing it if the Houthis accepted it under UN supervision.
Many Arab and international circles welcomed the Saudi initiative. "We welcome the Saudi initiative on resolving the Yemeni crisis," said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in press statements.
He added that the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, will contact the concerned parties and the Houthis, expressing his hope for cooperation of all parties to push the initiative forward.
For its part, Iran announced its support for any peace plan in Yemen that is based on ending the blockade and without foreign intervention.
The Houthi spokesman, Muhammad Abdul Salam, also tweeted, saying, "Any positions or initiatives that do not notice that Yemen has been subjected to aggression and blockade for 6 years, as they are not serious and nothing new about them."
On the field level, Houthi media said this morning that the Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched raids on the Yemeni capital, including a raid targeting Sanaa International Airport.
On the other hand, Yemeni military sources said that violent clashes continued between the army and the Houthis on several fronts in the Marib Governorate, in conjunction with raids launched by the Saudi-Emirati coalition aircraft targeting Houthi sites and vehicles.
Frequently, the Houthis fire ballistic missiles, projectiles and drones at Saudi areas, some of which have left human and material losses, while Riyadh announces that it intercepted most of these missiles and marches before reaching their targets.