Saudi-led coalition attacks Houthi missile sites in Sanaa airport

The operation was aimed at destroying the capabilities that threaten regional and international security.

The official spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Malki, stated that the coalition forces conducted a targeted operation of legitimate military targets in Al Dailami airbase.
Col Al-Malki clarifies: "This operation includes targeting of ballistic-missile launch and storage locations, UAV ground stations, bomb-making and assembly workshops and their support locations in Al-Dailami Airbase in Sanaa."
He indicated that the targeting operations were conducted following an accurate intelligence operation, monitoring Houthi militia's activities, with the aim of destroying and neutralising the capabilities that threaten regional and international security.
Col. Al-Malki concluded his statement by reaffirming that Sanaa International Airport is still open to UN and relief air traffic, and that all preventative measures were taken in the targeting operation. This operation was carried out in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law, its customary rules, and the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition Rules of Engagement.

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