Al-Houthi threat to attack Saudi targets
ON 14 JULY, YEMENI AL-HOUTHI ARMED LOCAL TIME, ON THE NIGHT OF 13 JULY, RELEASED A VIDEO THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA THREATENING TO ATTACK MULTIPLE SAUDI TARGETS. IN A VIDEO RELEASED BY THE AL-HOUTHI FORCES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF IMPORTANT FACILITIES, SUCH AS KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN RIYADH, THE KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN JEDDAH, KING FAHD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN DAMMAM, AND THE PORT, WERE PRESENTED WITH THE WORDS “TO STRIKE BACK IN THE COMING”. EARLIER THAT DAY, THE AL-HOUTHI ARMED-CONTROLLED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SANA ' A, THE CAPITAL OF YEMEN, WAS SUBJECTED TO AIR STRIKES. THE AL-HOUTHI FORCES ACCUSED SAUDI ARABIA OF LAUNCHING THE AIR STRIKE AND VOWED TO RETALIATE. THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN, SUPPORTED BY SAUDI ARABIA, CLAIMED THAT IT HAD CARRIED OUT AN AIR STRIKE ON SANA ' A INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO PREVENT A HIGH-LEVEL AL-HOUTHI ARMED DELEGATION THAT HAD TAKEN AN IRANIAN PLANE THE SAME DAY, AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI. THAT NIGHT, THE SAUDI-LED MULTINATIONAL COALITION FORCES INDICATED THAT THEIR AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS RESPONDED TO BALLISTIC MISSILES LAUNCHED BY AL-HOUTHI FORCES INTO THE SOUTH OF SAUDI ARABIA. (CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES)
