Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport on Wednesday which the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said caused a fire in a civilian aircraft.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said four Houthi drones were used in an attack that he said struck Abha airport, in southern Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday afternoon.
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Wednesday that “the attack on the Abha airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out by the Houthi militias is a war crime by all accounts.”
Hariri’s comments were made in a tweet whereby he dubbed the attack as “a dangerous development that requires urgent International action to end these crimes.”
Hariri concluded by expressing his |solidarity with the kingdom and its leadership.”
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الاعتداء على مطار ابها في المملكة العربية السعودية من جانب الميليشيات الحوثية جريمة حرب بكل المقاييس وتطور خطير يستدعي تحركا ً دولياً عاجلاً لوضع حد لهذه الجرائم . كل التضامن مع المملكة وقيادتها . — Saad Hariri (@saadhariri) February 10, 2021
الاعتداء على مطار ابها في المملكة العربية السعودية من جانب الميليشيات الحوثية جريمة حرب بكل المقاييس وتطور خطير يستدعي تحركا ً دولياً عاجلاً لوضع حد لهذه الجرائم . كل التضامن مع المملكة وقيادتها .