UN Security Council Condemns Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia
- On Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition intercepted two drones and two ballistic missiles launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels toward Riyadh and Khamis Mushait. Military spokesperson Colonel Turki Al-Maliki confirmed the threats were tracked and destroyed.
- Houthi rebels have intensified hostilities since declaring a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in July, disrupting shipping and energy exports in the Red Sea. These operations ended a period of relative calm after previous hostilities.
- The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned the 'continued Houthi attacks' against Saudi Arabia in a rare display of unity. French UN envoy Jerome Bonnafont, serving as council president, said the body "demanded the Houthis immediately cease their military escalation."
- Military chiefs from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey reviewed regional threats in Riyadh to strengthen cooperation under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. The pact commits the three nations to mutual defense if any member faces attack.
- Escalating conflict has displaced more than 122,000 people across Yemen, with 674 deaths and 2,998 injuries reported between August and September. These figures illustrate the severe humanitarian toll as fighting intensifies.
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Yemeni Houthis fighters targeted the capital Ryad and the south-west of the Saudi Kingdom, marking a new escalation in the conflict Pro-Iranian Houthis fighters from Yemen launched
New York., The Security Council of the United Nations (UN) yesterday condemned the escalation of attacks against Saudi Arabia by the pro-Iranian movement of the Houthis of Yemen, and demanded an “immediate cessation of its military escalation and offensive affecting the population and civilian objects.”
On the morning of 26 September, Saudi air defence forces intercepted two ballistic missiles and two drones launched, according to a coalition led by Riyadh, by the Yemeni movement Ansar Allah (Hushita).
The government coalition in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, says it has intercepted two missiles and two drones fired by Houthi rebels at neighboring Saudi Arabia. According to the government, the missiles were aimed at the city of Khamis Mushait in the southwest of the country. The drones were reportedly en route to the Saudi capital, Riyadh. According to the AP news agency, one missile was fired and shot down by Saudi Arabia. People were reported…
On Saturday, the Saudi authorities announced the destruction of several drones and ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni Husites in the direction of Riyadh and the city of Khamis-Mushite in the south-west of the country.
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