Yemen’s Houthi militia launches drone attack at Saudi airport

SMA NEWS – Riyadh

Yemen’s Houthi militia said they launched two bomb-laden drones toward the Saudi international airport of Abha at noon on Thursday (Friday in Manila). “The armed drones hit military targets inside the airport,” Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea said in a statement aired by the rebel-run al-Masirah TV. Meanwhile, Saudi-owned Alarabiya TV reported that the Saudi air defenses interc epted and destroyed a bomb-laden drone that the Houthi militia launched toward the Saudi southwestern city of Khamis Mushait. The Iran-backed Houthi group has intensified cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia since February when the group launched a large offensive against the Saudi-back Yemeni government army to capture the oil-rich province of Marib in central Yemen, which hosts nearly 2 million internally displaced persons