DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s state television said on Tuesday that the Arab coalition had intercepted a Houthi drone targeting Al-Abha international airport.
There are no injuries of deaths as of now, the Al-Ekhbariya TV report added, but some shrapnel were scattered around the area.
The coalition said Houthi targeting of civilians was planned by Iranian generals in Sanaa, Yemen.
Al-Ekhbariya said everything in the airport is running smoothly and flights will continue uninterrupted according to earlier schedules.
Streets leading to Abha airport are also clear, the TV channel added.
On February 10, the coalition said it had controlled a fire in a civilian plane at Abha airport as a result of a Houthi attack.
The coalition said that the attempt to target Abha airport and threaten civilian travelers is a war crime.
“We are taking the necessary measures to protect civilians from the threats of the Houthis,” the coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Malki said.
Earlier on that day, Saudi state TV reported that the coalition had intercepted and destroyed two armed drones launched by the Iran-aligned group toward southern Saudi Arabia.
Al-Malki said in a statement that the attack had targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure.
It was the third day that week that the coalition said it had intercepted Houthi drones fired toward a southern region of the kingdom that borders Yemen.
The Saudi-led military alliance intervened in Yemen in 2015 after the Houthis ousted the internationally recognized government from power in the capital, Sanaa.
The Houthis hold northern Yemen, from where they have often launched missiles and drones toward Saudi cities.
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