We have put air defense assets in place for Saudi Arabia

The French Foreign Ministry announced that Paris was in full solidarity with Saudi Arabia, the populated areas being targeted in violation of international law.

On Wednesday, the State Department said the missiles and the marches were an indication of the extent of danger facing the region.

He also added that, since September 2019, France has put in place air defense means at the disposal of Saudi Arabia.

A missile to Riyadh

On January 23, Saudi air defenses intercepted a missile launched by the Houthi militia towards Riyadh. The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen has announced the interception and destruction of an aerial target launched by the Houthi militia towards the city of Riyadh.

On January 22, the coalition also announced that it had foiled two terrorist operations the Houthi militia had attempted to carry out, revealing that a boat trapped by the Houthis in the southern Red Sea had been intercepted and destroyed.

He also reported the destruction of a Houthi car bomb on its way to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi air defenses (archive)

Intercept and destroy 3 “trapped” drones

It is noteworthy that the spokesperson for coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, had said earlier this month that joint coalition forces were able to intercept and destroy 3 “trapped” drones on the morning of January 15, which was heading towards the Kingdom, explaining that IEDs had been detected and launched by the Houthi terrorist militia of Al Hudaydah governorate and intercepted and destroyed.

Al-Maliki added that the Houthi terrorist militia continues to violate the Stockholm Accord and violate the ceasefire in Hodeidah, and continues to take Hodeidah governorate as a place to launch hostilities and terrorist operations in launching ballistic missiles and trapped drones, as well as launching explosive and remotely controlled attacks by boat, which pose a real threat to regional and international security and to undermine the political efforts of the Stockholm Agreement.

In addition, he indicated that the leadership of the coalition’s joint forces is taking and implementing appropriate measures to deal with these hostile and terrorist acts, in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules, while continuing to support the political efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen to end the coup and achieve a comprehensive political solution.