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Houthis bomb civilian airport days after Biden suck up to them
DUBAI (Reuters) - 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. Yemen's Houthi movement regularly launches drones and missiles into Saudi Arabia, many of which Riyadh says it intercepts. Some have previously hit Abha International Airport which is about 120 km (75 miles) from the border with Yemen. Biden Admin announced intent to delist Houthis from terrorist designation a few days before this bombing. Related: Abha airport: 2020-06-14 Houthi ballistic missile intercepted near Saudi Arabia's Najran Abha airport: 2019-08-14 Houthis launched a drone from Sana’a that landed in Amran Abha airport: 2019-08-14 Iran’s Khamenei meets with Houthi spokesman Abdul Salam Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-02-14 |
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