“The security of Saudi Arabia is a red line that has been crossed and the Houthis will pay the price,” Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said during a press conference on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia’s armed forces said the strikes are aimed at militias and are done to protect civilians of both Yemen and Saudi Arabia as they advised all resiednts of Saada to stay away and avoid all areas where Houthi militia fighters are based, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.
In comments to Al Arabiya’s sister channel Al Hadath; Asiri said the retaliation to the Houthi attacks "will be stern.”
“We will take the necessary steps to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks,” he added.
A series of mortar attacks from Yemen targeted southern Saudi cities of Najran and Jazan earlier this week.
alarabiya.net
7/5/15
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Saudi-led coalition targets Houthi stronghold city ...
ReplyDeleteThe Saudi-led coalition on Thursday night targeted the Houthis’ stronghold city of Saada after a ministry of defense spokesman warned that the Yemeni militia group has “crossed the red line” and that they will be dealt with differently.
Yemeni security officials reported multiple airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on Saada, the birthplace of the Houthi movement, as well as the Red Sea port town of Hodeida, west of the capital. They said there was heavy air activity over Aden late Thursday but no airstrikes.
In Saudi Arabia, Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman, was meeting Thursday evening with armed forces commanders as a military spokesman vowed a “harsh response” to the death of at least five Saudi civilians in cross-border shelling this week that Riyadh blamed on the Houthis.
“The formula has changed after Saudi towns and civilians (were hit), and those who planned and executed this aggression will pay a price,” Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said. “The Houthi militias have crossed red lines and they will be dealt with differently now.”......alarabiya.net
8/5/15