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12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen: Saudi-led coalition

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Updated: February 10th, 2022, 19:55 IST
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Riyadh: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Thursday that 12 people were injured by falling debris from an attempted drone attack on an airport in the southern Saudi region of Abha near the kingdom’s border with Yemen.

The coalition statement said the people who were hurt included travellers and workers at the airport.

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Two of the injured were Saudi citizens, four were Bangladeshi residents and three were Nepali residents. There was also one person each from Sri Lanka, the Philippines and India hurt.

Saudi air defenses destroyed the bomb-laden drone that the coalition said was launched by Houthi rebels inside Yemen early Thursday afternoon.

Saudi state television and accompanying social media accounts carried video from inside Abha’s airport showing operations there running as normal after the incident.

Saudi Arabia has been at war in Yemen since 2015 fighting against Iranian-backed Houthis who overran the capital and ousted the government from power.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke with Saudi King Salman. The White House said the president and king discussed “Iranian-enabled attacks by the Houthis against civilian targets in Saudi Arabia.”

Biden underscored US commitment in supporting Saudi Arabia in the defense of its people and territory from such attacks, it added.

The war has killed tens of thousands of people, both fighters and civilians, and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Charity group Oxfam this week said a yearlong battle over the strategic  Yemeni city of Marib alone has displaced about 100,000 people.

The fighting in Marib led to increased Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks.

The UAE is part of the Saudi-led coalition and backs Yemeni militias fighting the Houthis.

US officials have  scrambled to reassure the Gulf strategic allies of US defensive support.

The US initially backed the Saudi war effort as the coalition tried to drive the Iranian-backed Houthis from the capital, Sanaa, and restore the previous government to power.

President Biden, however, has since tried to distance the US military from involvement in Yemen’s war, where both sides are accused of human rights abuses.

A Saudi readout of the monarch’s call with Biden said King Salman discussed the importance of strengthening mutual security cooperation and cited Saudi support for US efforts in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

The White House says Biden briefed the king on ongoing multilateral talks focused on Iran’s nuclear programme.

King Salman stressed the need to work together to counter the destabilising activities of Iran’s proxies in the region, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

The two also discussed their shared commitment to maintaining balance and stability in oil markets as Brent crude hovers around $90 a barrel.

AP 

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