Today, Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced the interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthis towards the Kingdom.
In a statement issued by it, the coalition said that a booby-trapped drone had been intercepted and destroyed in Yemeni airspace, launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia.
The statement threatened the Houthis, saying, "In response to the threat, the threat sources will be bombed in the coming hours," without clarifying the nature of the targets intended.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis on the coalition statement.
This comes while the Houthi group confirmed, yesterday, Tuesday, that Sanaa airport had stopped working after a number of its facilities were targeted by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, while a UN official called for the airport to be reopened quickly for the flow of aid.
The coalition has accused the Houthi group of using Sanaa airport to launch drones towards Saudi Arabia, while the group denies using the airport for military purposes.
Since 2016, the coalition has imposed a ban on navigation at Sanaa airport, with the exception of humanitarian flights for the United Nations and other international organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The Houthis used to launch ballistic missiles and booby-trapped marches towards Saudi and other Yemeni regions, in exchange for repeated declarations by the coalition to thwart these attacks, despite Arab and international calls for a ceasefire.
Yemen has been witnessing for nearly 7 years a continuous war between the pro-government forces backed by a military coalition led by the neighboring Saudi Arabia, and the Iranian-backed Houthis, who have controlled several governorates, including the capital, Sanaa, since September 2014.
The United Nations says that by the end of 2021, the war in Yemen will have killed 377,000 people directly and indirectly.
The war has cost the country's economy $126 billion, in one of the worst humanitarian and economic crises in the world, with most of the population of 30 million dependent on aid, according to the United Nations.