JEDDAH, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- The Saudi-led coalition announced Monday launching airstrikes against some targets in Sanaa, in response to military necessity and threat.
Some terrorist leaders have been targeted north of Sanaa and the operational situation requires the continuation of these strikes, in response to military necessity, the coalition said in a statement quoted by Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Meanwhile, spokesman for the coalition Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki considered the Houthi militias' hostile attacks targeting civilians, residential areas and economic facilities in both Saudi Arabia and the UAE as "war crimes whose perpetrators must be held accountable." Al-Malki was quoted by SPA saying "the recent terrorist Houthi attacks raise the alarm as they pose a threat to regional and international security." He described as "hostile and cowardly" the attacks on the UAE's two economic facilities and Abu Dhabi International Airport with three booby-trapped drones.
He stressed that the act constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law as it deliberately targets innocent civilians.
He indicated that Houthi escalation and hostile behavior confirms that those militias pose a threat to, and undermine, regional and international security.
He emphasized that the command of the joint coalition will take all necessary measures in order to deter such acts against civilians, residential areas and economic facilities in both Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (end) nsa.hm