Coalition raids in Yemen Houthis reveal a "widespread operation" targeting Riyadh, Jeddah and southern Saudi Arabia

The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" publishes a set of photos of the remains of Houthi drones, which the coalition announced intercepting and destroying yesterday.

The Houthi group announced - this morning, Tuesday - a "widespread and qualitative offensive operation in the Saudi depth", after the Riyadh-led coalition reported the interception of ballistic missiles and drones targeting Riyadh and southern Saudi Arabia.

In a press conference in Sana'a, Houthi armed forces spokesman Yahya Saree said that the "December 7th operation" targeted several ballistic missiles and 25 drones, military and vital targets in Riyadh, Jeddah, Taif, Jizan, Najran and Asir.

He added that they included attacks by Sammad-3 drones and a number of "Zulfiqar" missiles, targeting the Ministry of Defense, King Khalid Airport and other military targets in Riyadh.

Saree also said that 6 Samad-2 and Sumad-3 drones targeted King Fahd Air Base in Taif and Aramco in Jeddah, while 5 Sammad-1 and Sammad-2 drones targeted military sites in the regions of Abha, Jizan and Asir.

Saree pointed out that eight Qasef-2 drones and a large number of ballistic missiles targeted "sensitive and important sites" in Abha, Jizan and Najran.

A spokesman for the Houthi armed forces had written late the night before on Twitter: "In response to the crimes of the Saudi-American aggression, the armed forces carried out a broad and qualitative offensive operation in the Saudi depth, the details of which will be revealed tomorrow morning, Tuesday, God willing."

Houthi media sources reported that the coalition aircraft targeted, with two raids, a car maintenance workshop on Al-Sitteen Street in Sana'a, and earlier, with two raids, it targeted the Jarban area in the Sanhan district, south of the capital.

Protest and repair

On the other hand, the coalition said that the Saudi defenses destroyed a ballistic missile fired towards Khamis Mushait, and intercepted a drone over Yemeni airspace.

A statement issued yesterday by the coalition said: "In response to the threat, a large-scale operation was launched against the Houthi militia," adding that "the coalition's operations are in compliance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules."

The statement came minutes after a brief statement by the coalition announced the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards Riyadh, and that the interception process caused the scattering of shrapnel on some residential neighborhoods without causing damage.

Yesterday, the coalition announced the interception and destruction of 7 drones launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, and added that it had carried out 47 air strikes on Houthi targets in Marib.

And Saudi accounts on Twitter published scenes that they said were clips of repelling and destroying Saudi defenses with long-range missiles fired by the Ansar Allah Houthi group towards Riyadh.

A call to peace

On the other hand, a two-day Yemeni tribal forum concluded yesterday in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to discuss ways to bring peace to Yemen, in which more than 40 Yemeni tribal leaders called for an end to the fighting.

In a statement, the tribal leaders stressed the need to reopen all humanitarian roads and corridors, according to controls that guarantee the flow of goods, facilitate the movement of Yemenis, respect the sanctity of the road and protect the Yemeni person.

They renewed their call on all parties to engage immediately with the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and the peace mediators to Yemen, to present their visions for a solution, and to abide by the Riyadh and Stockholm agreements to stop the bloodshed among Yemenis.