RIYADH: The Saudi cabinet on Tuesday discussed the recent missile and drone attacks launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia against the Kingdom.
Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles and three drones launched towards the eastern region, Jazan, and Najran at the weekend.
During the weekly meeting, chaired by King Salman via video conferencing, the council of ministers stressed that the Kingdom will take all measures required to protect its land, citizens and expatriates living on Saudi soil.
Saudi Arabia will also work on halting any form of hostilities committed by the Houthis and stopping them from constantly breaching international laws and customary rules.
The cabinet further commended the efficiency of Saudi air defenses and the Arab Coalition for Legitimacy in Yemen in combating the Houthi’s “atrocious and terroristic” attacks and foiling their bid to target civilians and civilian targets.
On Saturday, defense ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, said the drones and missiles were all intercepted.
In Dammam, shrapnel scattered across a neighborhood, injuring a Saudi boy and girl, and damaging 14 houses.
Saudi cabinet: ‘Kingdom will take all measures to protect itself’
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Saudi cabinet: ‘Kingdom will take all measures to protect itself’
- Saudi Arabia will also work on halting any form of hostilities committed by the Houthis
- Cabinet further commended the efficiency of Saudi air defenses and the Arab Coalition for Legitimacy in Yemen
Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom
RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir discussed Iran’s attacks on the Kingdom, amid the escalating military conflict in the Middle East.
“We discussed Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of our Joint Strategic Defense Agreement,” Prince Khalid wrote on social media early on Saturday.
“We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation.”
The US and Israel began a large-scale military campaign against Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has since attacked a number of sites across the Gulf.
Tehran has also attacked US and Israeli military assets as the war as escalated, impacting lives in the peaceful Arabian Gulf peninsula and risked shaking the global economy as Iran continued restricting energy shipping along the Strait of Hormuz.
The Saudi Defense Ministry said a number of drones had been shot down that were targeting the Shayba oil field in the Empty Quarter on Saturday.
A drone attacked the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday causing a minor fire, but no one was hurt in the incident.
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” in September, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both.
Separately, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, the Saudi interior minister, received a call from his Pakistani counterpart Raza Naqvi, who condemned the blatant attacks targeting the Kingdom and affirmed his country’s solidarity in confronting any threats to the Kingdom’s security and stability, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
