The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen announced that it destroyed 10 armed drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, including at least five fired towards Saudi Arabia, state television channels reported.
On Saturday, the coalition said it intercepted seven drones over 24 hours launched towards Khamis Mushait and one towards Jazan, both in Saudi Arabia. The television channels cited the coalition as saying the escalation in Houthi attacks was a result of the coalition’s victories in Marib and because of the Houthi’s hostile interpretation of a decision by the new US administration in February to revoke terrorist designations on the group.
The Houthis, who expelled the internationally recognized government from power in the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014, deny being puppets of Tehran and say they are fighting a corrupt system and foreign aggression.