Alliance: We Carried Out a Special Operation Destroying Houthi Missile Storage Tunnels and Launch Platforms

The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced the execution of a distinctive military operation aimed at neutralizing threat sources, in response to repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist militia on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Official spokesperson for the Coalition forces, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, stated that, in exercise of the inherent and legitimate right to self-defense to protect the security and territorial integrity of the Kingdom, as well as the safety of its citizens and residents, and in response to repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist militia attempting to target civilians and civilian objects in Saudi Arabia and Yemen using ballistic missiles and drones, the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition carried out a distinctive military operation to neutralize threat sources.

Major General Al-Maliki added in a statement relayed by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that “the distinctive operation included the destruction and neutralization of legitimate military targets in areas controlled by the Houthi terrorist militia. The operation involved the destruction of five ballistic missile storage tunnels, four ballistic missile launch pads, and a missile depot, with a focus on cutting off supply lines of the Houthi militia between its controlled areas. The operation also targeted militia fortifications, the gathering of its personnel, and its military equipment along the front lines inside Yemen.”

The spokesperson emphasized that the Coalition’s Joint Forces Command will continue to carry out deterrent operational measures against the Houthi terrorist militia to protect civilians and civilian objects in the Kingdom from its brutal attacks, as well as to protect innocent civilians inside Yemen from the militia’s brutality and its relentless killing and persecution of Yemenis by all means. He affirmed that the military operation complies with international humanitarian law and its customary rules.

Earlier, the Coalition’s official spokesperson announced that two ballistic missile launch platforms in Sana’a had been destroyed, one of which was used to launch a ballistic missile toward Riyadh. Major General Al-Maliki said, “We are continuing the dismantling of the Houthi terrorist militia’s ballistic missile network.”

The Coalition also announced yesterday the interception and destruction of three drones in the Riyadh area and the southern region.

In Yemen, the armed forces announced attacks on Houthi terrorist militias in Al-Midan Heights west of the city of Ta’iz. According to their spokesperson, clashes took place with the militias at the Shabq, Al-Aqroud, and Jabal Han fronts in the western sector, and in Ad-Dhubab and the northern fronts. Meanwhile, combat aircraft conducted eight airstrikes targeting militia sites and gatherings in Al-Taba Al-Hamra, Tabti Al-Khazan, Al-Midan, and the vicinity of Jabal Han.