US calls on Yemen's Houthis to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted four armed drones launched toward the kingdom by the Yemeni rebels.
The United States is “deeply troubled” by recent attacks carried out Yemen's Houthi rebels, the State Department said Sunday, days after the administration announced it was removing the Iran-aligned group's formal terrorist designation.
The Saudi military intercepted and destroyed four armed drones heading in the direction of southern Saudi Arabia, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen told state media outlets on Sunday, accusing the Houthis of using the UAVs to deliberately target civilians.
The rebel group has not taken credit for the cross-border attack. But the Houthi movement, which controls the capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, has claimed responsibility for previous missile and drone attacks targeting its rival, Saudi Arabia.
Last month, the coalition said it intercepted a “hostile air target” launched toward the Saudi capital, Riyadh. In late December, the Houthis were blamed for a rocket attack on an airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden that killed and injured dozens of people.
