Houthi drone intercepted

The Arab Coalition intercepted a Houthi drone targeting Jazan in the north of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. “All the militia’s attempts to harm civilians will end in failure,” Coalition spokesman Col Turki Al Maliki said. The coalition intercepted another Houthi drone, targeting Khamis Mushait in the south of the country, on Thursday.

Both drones were targeting civilian areas. “Continued Houthi attacks on civilians and civilian areas, which are protected by international humanitarian law, are a war crime,” Al Turki asserted on Thursday, adding that the coalition will continue to fight “these aggressions.” Another Houthi drone heading towards the Aseer region was intercepted by the Arab Coalition on Tuesday. On Friday, an Arab Coalition source “ridiculed” claims made by the Houthis that they had downed a coalition drone.

The source said the Iranbacked armed group has been suffering defeats including human and material losses on a daily basis.  Such losses have pushed the Houthis “to resort to fabricating lies and claiming false victories through their media,” the source added.

The source “ridiculed” the militia’s claims of downing the drone and described them as another addition to their record of lies and fabrications, which the group uses to boost the morale of its fighters. The militia is using old pictures to bolster fabrications about downing a drone, the source added.