Riyadh (Monitoring Desk) — The Saudi-led coalition forces and Yemeni forces’ operation against the Houthi militia, Operation Fajr al-Yemen, is continuing, with 250 Houthi fighters killed and several others injured during an operation in the city of Taiz.
According to the Saudi-led coalition forces, a storage facility for Houthi ballistic missiles was destroyed in Saada, while a ballistic missile launcher was also targeted in the capital, Sanaa.
The coalition forces said the operations are aimed at ensuring the safety of maritime traffic in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Houthi weapons depots, boat warehouses and naval mines were also destroyed.
According to the Saudi-led coalition forces, a military operation was also carried out in Hudaydah Governorate, during which a plot for possible attacks on waterways in the southern Red Sea was foiled.
It should be noted that Yemeni and coalition forces regained control of the Bab al-Mandab and Dhu Bab regions the previous day.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi militia has claimed to have carried out attacks on the airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh and Aramco facilities.