Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Intercepted Drones Targeting Kingdom
The coalition said the drones were intercepted as cross-border attacks resumed after a 2022 truce largely halted fighting with the Houthis.
- On Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed four drones launched toward the Kingdom, with operations occurring in Medina and the Eastern Province, according to coalition spokesperson Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki.
- Yemen's central bank ordered banks to freeze assets of 135 Houthi-linked individuals and entities on Tuesday following a public prosecutor's October 19 directive designating them over alleged ties to the group.
- The Yemeni government approved a draft law designating the Houthis a "terrorist organisation" on October 11, criminalizing the group's activities and financing amid conflict persisting since 2014 when they seized Sanaa.
- European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced in Strasbourg that the bloc is exploring increased support for Yemen's government, stating, "We also stand ready to support all mediation efforts to resume meaningful political negotiations."
- Kallas noted that the EU's Operation Aspides currently lacks sufficient naval assets to meet commercial protection requests in the Red Sea, saying, "We have a huge list of companies requesting our support and not enough ships to help all who request it.
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The Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen announced the interception and destruction of a drone in the Riyadh region, amid the escalation of attacks by the Houthis on vital installations in Saudi Arabia, which resulted in deaths and injuries.
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Major General Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, said in a social media post on Wednesday, October 21, that five drones fired towards Saudi Arabia were intercepted and destroyed over the holy city of Madinah. The attack was the latest on Saudi Arabia since the resurgence of fighting with the Houthis in mid-July. The Yemeni rebels repeatedly struck targets in the kin…
Yemen’s Houthis deny launching drones towards Saudi Arabia’s Medina
Yemen’s Houthis said that they had neither launched drones towards the Saudi holy city of Medina on Wednesday nor conducted military operations towards Saudi Arabia, refuting earlier comments from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The comments by the Iran-aligned group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree follow the coalition saying that it had intercepted drones over Medina […]
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