Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warns of symmetric retaliation as tensions spike after Saudi airstrike on Sana airport.
On Thursday, Yemen’s Ansarallah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned that Saudi Arabian oil facilities will be targeted with drones and missiles if Riyadh launches a large-scale operation against Houthi territory.
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“All oil facilities and vital infrastructure in Saudi Arabia will be targeted by our missiles and drones if Saudi Arabia engages in aggression against our country. Saudi Arabia must respect itself, end the blockade on us, and stop interfering in all our affairs,” he said.
“We will not agree to the continuation of the blockade and control over our ports, airports, and goods, as well as the movement of our patients and passengers,” al-Houthi stressed, and accused Saudi Arabia of working with the U.S., Israel and UK to divide the Islamic world.
The Houthi rebel leader also warned that his group will undertake retaliatory measures symmetric to those taken by Saudi Arabia. “Airports for airports, ports for ports, and blockade for blockade,” he said, meaning that any restriction on Yemen will be met with the same on Saudi Arabia.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi: “…the real equation is: Sana’a airport for Riyadh airport… airports for airports, ports for ports, and siege for siege… All Saudi oil facilities and vital installations are targets for our missiles and our drones.” pic.twitter.com/PJ6BQdmk6v
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Tensions between the rebels and the Arab monarchy peaked on Monday when the Yemeni military bombed Sana airport, the capital controlled by the Houthis since 2014.
That attack was justified as an action to prevent the landing of an Iranian plane carrying a rebel delegation from Tehran. The Houthis, however, accused Saudi Arabia of the attack.
The rebels responded with attacks on various points in Saudi Arabia, a country controlled by an Arab monarchy that has supported the Yemeni government recognized by Western countries since 2015.
After attacking Saudi territory this week, the Yemeni rebels also warned international airlines not to fly over the kingdom’s airspace amid the escalating conflict.
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