Yemeni armed forces have carried out four major operations deep inside Saudi Arabia and in Yemeni provinces where Saudi troops are present to deter ‘Saudi aggression’ and inflict ‘significant pain’ on the kingdom.
Spokesperson for the Yemeni military, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement on Sunday that the four missile and drone operations were a direct response to Saudi Arabia’s brutal attacks on civilians in various areas of Yemen, including on a neighborhood near the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, a day earlier, which killed 33 civilians and injured dozens more, many of them women and children.
The statement said the Yemeni attacks had targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the city's main financial center, and its oil storage tanks owned by Saudi state oil company Aramco.
“The strikes were direct and precise, thanks be to Allah, and caused significant damage to the targeted sites,” Saree said.
The statement said a second operation had targeted Aramco facilities in Abqaiq, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
It said two more operations had targeted gatherings of Saudi enemy troops inside Yemen, including in the governorates of al-Jawf, Ma'rib, and Lahij, resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries.
Yemen said it would continue its military operations deep inside Saudi Arabia to avenge the blood of its people and deter the Saudi aggressor.
The latest escalation in Yemen began after Saudi Arabia bombed Sana'a's international airport in July. The Yemeni armed forces responded by attacking Saudi airports, oil facilities, and tankers in the Red Sea.
Yemen’s retaliatory attacks against Saudi Arabia have further intensified in recent weeks after Riyadh mobilized troops and mercenaries inside the country and carried out extensive airstrikes against civilian populations.
The Yemenis have indicated that they will halt their attacks once Saudi Arabia lifts the crippling siege imposed on the impoverished country nearly 12 years ago.
“We will continue to enforce the equation of ‘siege for siege’ and ‘escalation for escalation,’ targeting the Saudi enemy's troop buildups and officers until the aggression stops and the siege on our beloved country is lifted,” the Yemeni armed forces said in Sunday's statement.
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