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In response to the attack perpetrated Monday on Emirati soil and claimed by the Houthis, the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia carried out air raids in the evening on Sanaa, the Yemeni capital in the hands of the Houthis, according to the agency. official Saudi press. Earlier in the day, an explosion of tanker trucks carrying fuel left three dead and six injured in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and which fights the rebels in Yemen announced, Monday evening, January 17, airstrikes on Sanaa, the Yemeni capital controlled by the Houthis, following a deadly attack in the United Arab Emirates, a member of this military alliance.
“In response to the threat and a military necessity, airstrikes are starting in Sanaa,” she announced in a tweet from SPA, the official news agency of Saudi Arabia, which leads this coalition.
The attack in Abu Dhabi has drawn international condemnation from Arab and Western countries, led by the United States, as well as from the UN. The Emirates for their part warned that it would not go “unpunished”.
Ballistic missiles and drones
Announcing the launch of a military operation dubbed “Yemen’s Hurricane”, the Houthis claimed on their Al-Massira channel to have “targeted important and sensitive Emirati installations and sites” using ballistic missiles and drones.
“We warn foreign businesses, citizens and residents of the enemy state of the Emirates that they should stay away from vital sites for their own safety,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree added in a statement. speech on Al-Massira.
In Abu Dhabi, three tanker trucks exploded “near the storage tanks” of the Abu Dhabi oil company, killing a Pakistani and two Indians, the official Emirati agency WAM said, reporting on six injured.
In addition, a “minor fire” occurred in “the new construction area of Abu Dhabi International Airport”, added the agency without reporting any casualties.
With AFP
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