RIYADH: Thirteen civilians in Saudi Arabia were injured after attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia, authorities said, as early warning alerts were issued for several cities on Tuesday morning.
The Iran-backed group targeted civilian areas in Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif with ballistic missiles and drones on Monday.
The strikes resulted in “minor to moderate injuries to 13 civilians and damage to 7 houses and two vehicles,” said Major General Turki Al-Malki, spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, in a statement issued on social media early on Tuesday.
The Saudi Civil Defense issued a series of alerts for several cities in the west and south of the country, including Abha, Jeddah, Jazan, Taif, Yanbu, Makkah and AlUla.
“The Terrorist Houthi Militia continues its heinous and deliberate attacks on civilian objects and civilians in the Kingdom,” the statement read.
“The continuation of these deliberate and repeated attacks proves the Terrorist Houthi Militia’s approach and extremist ideology of escalation and targeting civilian objects and civilians.”
