Houthi attempts to target the Kingdom will be met with unprecedented force: Coalition

A soldier loyal to Saudi-led coalition forces stands guard near ships docked in the southern Yemeni port of Aden. (AFP/File)

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Updated 04 July 2026 05:50

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July 04, 2026 02:01

RIYADH: Any attempts by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to target the Kingdom will be met with “unprecedented determination and force,” the Saudi-led coalition said early on Saturday in a statement posted to social media and carried on the Saudi Press Agency.

“Houthi statements against the Kingdom yesterday are merely an attempt to divert attention away from their grave violations against the brotherly people of Yemen,” said Major General Turki Al-Maliki, the coalition’s spokesperson.

He categorized the militia’s latest threats as attempts to undermine regional and international security.

“The coalition will respond with unprecedented determination and force to any and all attempts to target the Kingdom, its citizens and residents and national assets, or any attempt to violate the sovereignty of the brotherly Republic of Yemen in a manner that conforms with the Customary International Humanitarian Law,” he said.

The Iran-backed group on Friday threatened to target “Saudi airports and vital ‌interests on ‌land and sea,” according to the group’s military spokesperson.

Al-Maliki accused the Houthis of causing suffering to Yemenis through its actions.

“They try to export the economic disasters and Yemeni suffering they have caused, in addition to covering the rejections they face from tribal and social components of Yemen, to their regional periphery and neighboring countries.”

Known formally as the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition has been fighting to restore legitimacy to Yemen’s internationally recognized government, after Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014.

The group, which has received weapons from Tehran, has been in control of the capital since then, as well as many parts of the country.

“The Kingdom along with the coalition and international partners have endeavored to undertake initiatives and efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people caused by the coup carried out by the Houthi Militia,” Al-Maliki said, “in addition to resolving the Yemeni crisis through a roadmap, which the legitimate Yemeni Government approved, while the Houthis rejected; as they went beyond by rejecting efforts for lasting peace and attacked Sea Lines of Communication and international trade in the Southern Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab Strait.”

Al-Maliki added: “These actions have exposed the capabilities of the Yemeni people to targeting and mass destruction in the Ports of Hodeida, Ras Isa and Salif, in addition to Sana’a International Airport and power stations and industrial plants infrastructures and other major economic components that belong to the Yemeni people.”

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