Saudi-led coalition pledges ‘unprecedented’ force against Houthi threats

HODEIDAH, July 4: The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government says it will respond with “unprecedented determination and force” to any attempt to target the kingdom or violate Yemeni sovereignty.

This followed earlier threats from the Houthi movement and the arrival of an Iranian civilian flight in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa.

In a statement released on Saturday, coalition spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki dismissed recent Houthi threats against Saudi Arabia as an attempt to divert attention from the group’s actions against the Yemeni people.

He accused the Iran-aligned movement of seeking to export economic hardships it has caused and to deflect from domestic political and social challenges.�" AL JAZEERA