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Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi Arabia's Abha airport

No casualties as Houthi projectile lands in Abha airport



File picture: A picture taken during a guided tour with the Saudi military on June 13, 2019 shows a worker fixing inspecting the damage at Abha airport in the popular mountain resort of the same name in the southwest of Saudi Arabia, one day after a Yemeni rebel missile attack on the civil airport, wounding 26 civilians.
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Dubai: The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said a "hostile projectile" fired by the Iran-aligned group landed in Abha airport late on Wednesday but caused no injuries, Saudi state news agency quoted the coalition military spokesman as saying early on Thursday.

Colonel Turki Al-Malki said, “the Houthi terrorist militia continues its immoral practices by targeting civilians.”

“The continuation of such acts of terrorism and high quality capabilities proves the Iranian regime's involvement in supporting the Houthi terrorist militia and the continued violation of relevant Security Council resolutions,” he added.

Earlier on Wednesday, the coalition destroyed a Houthi drone fired towards Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

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The drone was launched by the militants from Sanaa - the then capital city they overran in 2014, triggering the conflict with government forces.

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