NEWSRAEL: This item comes after Houthis attacked with drones in Saudi Arabia. Some 16 people were wounded in that attack.

The 'Arab News' web site reports this morning from AL-MUKALLA: The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen on Monday repeated accusations to the Iran-backed Houthis of militarizing civilian facilities after they launched an explosives-laden drone from Sanaa airport aimed at Saudi Arabia.

The coalition said in a brief statement that the explosives-rigged drone, which hit a village in Saudi Arabia’s southern city of Jazan on Monday, was launched by the Houthis from Sanaa airport.

“In response to the threat, a military operation will be carried out to neutralize the specific capabilities of the Houthis,” the coalition said in a statement carried by a Saudi news agency.

In Yemen, government and military officials blasted the Houthis for turning civilian facilities into bases for launching deadly drone and missile strikes at cities in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Photo: Reuters

Abdu Abdullah Majili, a Yemeni army spokesperson, told Arab News on Monday that the Houthi attacks from Sanaa airport risk the immunity of those sites granted by the coalition.