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Yemeni Forces Say Saudi-Led Coalition Carried Out 274,302 Airstrikes Against Yemen
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Yemeni forces say the coalition conducted about 274,000 airstrikes against Yemen over 12 years. Attack on King Khalid International Airport caused 17 deaths and 333 injuries, coalition says.
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Airport claims traded
Yemeni armed forces dismissed the Saudi-led coalition’s announcement on attacks on King Khalid International Airport, saying Riyadh and its allies carried out 274,302 airstrikes against Yemen over 12 years of aggression. Yahya Saree told reporters that the “criminal Saudi enemy” had repeatedly carried out the same kinds of attacks it was now recounting.
Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki said the attacks on King Khalid International Airport between October 7 and 11 resulted in 17 deaths and 333 injuries, and he called on Yemeni forces to halt them immediately. Yahya Saree warned that Saudi airspace and airports were unsafe, with the exception of the airspace over Mecca and Medina, and he said Yemen would not remain passive in the face of continued attacks.
Houthis deny, UN weighs
Yahiya Sarei, the military spokesperson for the Ansar Allah group, said Saudi Arabia had carried out more than 274 thousand airstrikes over 12 years and more than 2350 airstrikes and missile attacks since the resumption of military operations and escalation. Sarei asserted that the group had previously warned airline companies that Saudi skies and their airports are not safe, excluding Mecca and Medina, and he said the group’s forces had the ability to respond.
The United Nations Security Council approved a presidential statement condemning “in the strongest terms the continued and escalating Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia,” and it expressed “deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims.” The Security Council also reiterated “its strongest condemnation of continued Houthi attacks and threats against Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab shipping,” stressing the importance of safeguarding merchant ships and their crews.
Pilgrims and flight disruption
Houthi assaults on Saudi airports sparked fears among Umrah pilgrims, with some finding themselves amid security disruptions that disrupted flights and forced travelers to reroute. Fadi Anwar, a Jordanian living in Mecca and seated in the Grand Mosque wearing ihram cloth, said, "I feel great concern for my family and myself; we are constantly receiving phone alerts, and we are very worried."
Saudi Arabia announced the suspension of a number of flights, and schools in Riyadh decided to offer online classes this week as some institutions encouraged staff to work remotely. A diplomat in Riyadh said several embassies used Doha for their employees’ travel to and from Saudi Arabia in recent days, and a representative of a company that arranges transport to Doha and Dubai said ticket prices to these two destinations had doubled.