Coalition spokesman says ballistic missile launch platforms were destroyed in northwestern Saada province
A missile being intercepted. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late on Friday that it destroyed Houthi ballistic missile launch ramps.
Spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on US social media platform X that the coalition destroyed launch platforms in northwestern Saada province.
No additional details were provided about the operation.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and several provinces in September 2014. That prompted the Saudi-led coalition to intervene in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.
Saudi Arabia backs UN Security Council statement urging cooperation to prevent Houthis from acquiring arms
Saudi Arabia welcomed a UN Security Council presidential statement condemning Houthi attacks against the kingdom and urging cooperation to prevent the group from obtaining weapons.
In a statement, the ministry welcomed the council’s condemnation of continued and escalating attacks by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, including attacks targeting airports and energy infrastructure.
It also highlighted the council’s condemnation of “ongoing threats to navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.”
“The Kingdom affirmed the importance of the statement’s provisions, including its emphasis on the importance of full implementation of Security Council resolution 2216 (2015) and subsequent resolutions, and its call for practical cooperation to prevent the terrorist Houthi group from acquiring weapons and other forms of support,” the statement said.
Resolution 2216 demands that the Houthis immediately and unconditionally end the use of violence, withdraw from areas they seized, including the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, hand over weapons taken from military and security institutions, cease exercising the powers of Yemen’s internationally recognised government and facilitate humanitarian and medical access to civilians.
The ministry said the kingdom reaffirmed its “inherent right under international law” to take all necessary measures to defend its security and protect its citizens and residents.
The UN Security Council presidential statement, adopted earlier this week, condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and “called for cooperation, including with the Government of Yemen, to prevent the Houthis from acquiring arms and related materiel.”
