ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday condemned a Houthi attack targeting an airbase in Khamis Mushayt in Saudi Arabia’s southern region.
Saudi air defense on Friday intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone fired from neighboring Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi militants, whom Saudi-led coalition forces have been battling for the past six years. The group has been firing missiles and drones toward Saudi cities and oil facilities, most of which have been intercepted by security forces.
"Pakistan strongly condemns the attacks of bomb-laden UAVs launched towards the King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushayt city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Pakistan's foreign office said in a statement.
"It is commendable that coalition forces intercepted and destroyed all of them. Such attacks seeking to cause fear and terror in the region are reprehensible," it said, adding that Pakistan reaffirms its support and solidarity with the kingdom.
The Pakistani government has many times called for an immediate stop to the attacks, which it says not only violate the kingdom's territorial integrity, but also threaten the lives of civilians.