SANAA: Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday (local time) announced new military operations targeting Saudi assets, including a direct strike on a military transport vessel in the Red Sea and coordinated strikes on key Saudi-backed positions inland, according to Press TV.
Houthis announced strikes on a Saudi ship and military sites.
The military spokesperson of the Houthis said in a statement that the rebel group “successfully targeted Saudi enemy troop concentrations, weapons depots, and command centres in the Mocha area and the Tadawin camp in Marib Governorate with a large number of ballistic missiles and drones. The strikes were precise and resulted in dozens of casualties, including Saudis”.
It further added that the “group will continue their operations targeting all Saudi troop concentrations through which they seek to escalate tensions and seize control of our beloved country”.
The Yemeni Houthis warned those they accuse of being misled to abandon collaboration with their adversaries and stop what they described as acts of treason before it is too late.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s internationally recognised Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) chairman Rashad al-Alimi vowed that the government would respond to Houthi actions and called on the group to end the fighting and join the country’s political process, Al Jazeera reported.
Al Jazeera reported, while citing Yemen’s SABA news agency, that al-Alimi said during a meeting with representatives of prominent media outlets that “no action by the Houthi militias will go unanswered or unchecked”. Rashad al-Alimi also said there was still an opportunity for the Houthis “to lay down their arms, engage in political life, and compete through the ballot box on an equal footing with all other Yemenis”.
The latest strikes come amid continued tensions in and around the Red Sea, with attacks on commercial and military vessels raising concerns over maritime security in the strategic waterway.
