Arab coalition's Houthi drone interception leaves shrapnel near Abha airport

Dubai - Explosive-laden drone was fired towards Saudi airport.

By Reuters

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Published: Tue 16 Feb 2021, 1:21 PM

The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi militia group said it had intercepted a drone on Tuesday fired by the group towards the kingdom but that it had left shrapnel in the vicinity of Saudi’s Abha airport, state media reported.

The incident caused no casualties, the coalition statement carried by Ekhbariya TV said. The explosive-laden drone had been fired towards Abha airport, which is in southern Saudi Arabia near the Yemen border.


The coalition has been intercepting and destroying most of the Houthi drone attacks, but last Wednesday Riyadh said one attack had caused a fire to a civilian aircraft at Abha airport.

UN officials are trying to revive peace talks to end the war.

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