The military coalition in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia announced this Sunday the launch of a precision offensive aimed at disabling strategic assets that, it claims, the Houthi militias use to strengthen their military power and carry out attacks against the population and civilian installations.
The spokesman for the alliance, General Turki al Malik, explained that the operation was carried out throughout the morning, in response to the continuation of aggressions against civilians and against non-military infrastructure both on Yemeni territory and within Saudi Arabia.
Al Maliki indicated that the Houthis continue using these means to develop their ballistic missile and drone programs, something that, in his words, demonstrates "a terrorist and brutal methodology" with which they support their hostile actions. The offensive likewise seeks to confront the risk that these attacks pose to the stability of both countries and to the maritime trade routes located in the south of the Red Sea.
In this context, the coalition representative stressed that the allied forces will continue applying the operational measures they deem necessary to prevent the Houthis from maintaining the use of strategic resources for military purposes. At the same time, he demanded the immediate end of the aggressions against civilians and civilian property and warned that, if these actions continue, "they will have to assume the consequences of their hostile behavior".
This offensive is part of the latest phase of the renewed and more intense bombing campaign between Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni rebel group, currently once again in arms and in open war against the Government of Yemen, displaced to the city of Aden and backed by Riyadh.