Saudi Air Force Launching ‘Specific and Precise’ Strikes on Yemen’s Sana’a Airport – Coalition
SMA NEWS – SANA’A
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Monday said it carried out air strikes on the international airport of the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa after asking civilians to immediately evacuate, state media reported.
The coalition called on the workers of international and humanitarian organisations in the airport to immediately evacuate, as it had taken “legal measures to deal with the threat operationally”, state media said.
“The operation comes in response to threats and the use of the airport’s facilities to launch cross-border attacks,” it said.
The coalition said it lifted the protection off specific sites in the airport and carried out strikes on “legitimate military targets” in it.
Monday’s strikes come a day after the Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a drone launched from the Yemeni airport and aimed at civilians at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah airport in Jizan, near the border with Yemen.
The coalition also said on Sunday that it conducted a military operation in Sanaa to destroy workshops and warehouses for drones and other weapons, urging civilians to avoid the area.
