September Net

The spokesman for the Arab coalition supporting the legitimate Yemeni government said on Sunday that overnight operations targeted Houthi drone capabilities across several sites in the capital Sana’a.

At his weekly press conference in Riyadh, Col. Turki al-Maliki said that the Houthi coup militias received drones from Tehran and offered satellite images showing Iranian-made “Ababil-T” Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at specific Houthi-held bases in the capital.

“For more than a year, the Houthi rebels have been attacking Saudi Arabia’s vital areas, such as Abha’s airport and tried to attack Aramco,” al-Maliki said.

The coalition spokesperson also showed images proving the Houthis had access to the Iranian single-engine medium-altitude long-endurance drone “Shahed 129”.

He said that a coalition operation in Sana’a late on Saturday targeted a Houthi site used in the manufacturing and assembly of drones and an air base in eastern Sana’a which was previously used as a launch pad site for Surface-to-Air (SAM) type 6 air defense systems.

“The Houthi militias are trying to use civilians as human shields, but we have taken all precautions,” al-Maliki said.