Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki
Saudi-led coalition thwarts Huthi attack on Jizan port
Royal Saudi Navy Forces says it detects movement of two remote control explosive boats headed to port of Jizan, which were intercepted and destroyed.
Monday 01/10/2018
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki
DUBAI - A Saudi-led military coalition fighting against Yemen's Huthi movement foiled an attack by two explosives-laden remote controlled boats deployed by the Huthis against Saudi Arabia's Jizan port, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Sunday.
“The Royal Saudi Navy Forces detected the movement of two remote control explosive boats headed to the port of Jizan. They were intercepted and destroyed... which has led to minimal damage," the coalition's spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said in a statement carried by SPA. The attack occurred in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, he said.
The Huthis say their attacks on the kingdom are in retaliation for air raids on Yemen by the Western-backed coalition, which entered Yemen’s war in 2015 to try to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Hadi was ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Huthis in 2015.