RIYADH: The Arab coalition fighting in Yemen dismissed on Monday claims from Houthi militants of a major attack on the Saudi border.
Spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the claims came from media belonging to a “terrorist coup militia” and “often there is no need for the coalition to respond to these allegations.”
Al Maliki noted in the briefing that Houthi losses between Sep. 16 and Sep. 30 were 881 deaths and 421 weapons
The Iran-backed Houthis, who sparked the war in Yemen when they seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, said on Sunday they had carried out an attack capturing coalition troops and seizing hundreds of square kilometers of territory.
But Al-Maliki said the Houthis had a long history of claiming military victories that were not true.
“Unfortunately there are international channels that broadcasts these stories and this is very sad,” he told a news conference in Riyadh.
“There is no doubt that this is misleading media information.”
He said the group had claimed attacks on airports that hadn’t transpired and to have struck targets with ballistic missiles, even though the coalition had shot them down.
