Saudi-led coalition bombs airport in Yemen's capital
The Riyadh-led coalition said it acted in accordance with international law to attack "legitimate military targets."
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels conducted airstrikes against targets at Sanaa’s international airport after warning civilians to evacuate the area, according to Saudi state media.
Coalition aircraft on Monday evening carried out strikes against “legitimate military targets” at the airport, spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said in a statement.
“The Houthi militia has abused the special protection accorded to the airport through conducting and launching hostile, cross-border operations using ballistic missiles and bomb-laden drones to target civilians and civilian objects in Yemen and its neighboring countries,” the statement read.
The aircraft struck at six locations “being used to command bomb-laden drone attacks and activities, train terrorist elements on bomb-laden drones, trainers and trainees housing and two bomb-laden drones storage facilities,” al-Maliki’s statement alleged.
