News 24 | Watch by the numbers … the Houthi militia has stepped up its attacks on the Kingdom since Biden took over America’s presidency and pulled it from terrorism lists.

The Houthi militia has stepped up its attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the Kingdom in recent weeks, which coincided with the arrival of new US President Joe Biden to the White House and his administration’s decision to withdraw the Houthi militia from the terrorist list. organizations.

The total Houthi militias launched against the Kingdom since Biden took over the US presidency, according to what was announced by the Coalition to Support Legitimacy: 49 attacks – at least – by bombed drones, 7 attacks with ballistic missiles and two attacks with military projectiles.

The air defense forces were able to counteract the effect of these attacks, but the theft of shells from the interception of a drone caused a fire in a civilian plane at the Abha airport, and casualties of goods occurred as a result of interception shrapnel of a ballistic missile. in the city of Riyadh, in addition to injuring at least 5 civilians after the fall of a projectile A soldier in the region of Jizan.

The Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy explicitly confirmed this finding, as its spokesman Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki said in a statement yesterday (Sunday) that the Houthi militia explained the US decision. to remove it from the list of terrorist organizations in a press release. in a hostile manner by stepping up its attempts to target civilians in the Kingdom.

Upon closer inspection, we find the truth of the coalition’s statement on the ground, such as immediately after the US State Department announced on January 22, 2021 that it was reconsidering the Trump administration’s decision to dismiss. the Houthis as a terrorist group, the group targeted the southern region with two traps and a military projectile and the city of Riyadh with a ballistic missile.

The group also stepped up its attacks again on February 7, the day after the US State Department announced that Secretary Anthony Blinken informed Congress to remove the group from terrorist lists in preparation for taking effect. the decision, as it was targeting the southern kingdom with 4 traps, and the next day launched a fifth plane towards the same area, deliberately targeting civilians.

Since the ruling took effect, the Houthis have targeted the Kingdom with IEDs and ballistic missiles almost daily, from February 10 to February 17 of the same month. Then, the terrorist group stepped up its attacks on the Kingdom on February 26, as planes and bombs were launched on the Kingdom daily from then until today, and these attacks peaked yesterday (Sunday) , when Saudi air defenses intercepted 12 drones in Dhahran and other areas.

Arab coalition forces spokesman Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki confirmed in a statement last week that Saudi air defenses had intercepted 526 drones and 346 ballistic missiles, stressing that no country in the world has ‘had intercepted this number of missiles and drones.

Observers believe that the Houthi militia is stepping up its attacks on the Kingdom, alongside the intensification of its military campaign against the Marib governorate (the main stronghold of the Yemeni government in the north of the country), with the aim of making gains on the ground. which strengthen its negotiating position to the next stage, especially with the disclosure of information about the United States holding secret talks. With the Sultanate of Oman group to persuade him to stop the war, pointing out that the group has taken advantage of the decision to remove it from the list of terrorist organizations to intensify its attacks against the Yemeni people and civilians in the Kingdom.