Abha – The Saudi Air Defence Systems destroyed a drone as it was heading to target Abha International Airport
“On examining the fragments of the flying object which was launched by the Houthis, specialists in the Joint Coalition Forces concluded that it was a drone bearing Iranian hallmarks”, said the official spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Colonel Turki Al-Malki.
The “Qassif/ Ababeel” drone was launched in an attempt to hit the civilian Abha International Airport, which is protected under humanitarian international law, Al-Malki said.
The falling fragments caused slight damage without casualties.
Col. Al-Malki said that the joint forces “targeted the terrorists who assembled and rigged the drones in a workshop.
After leaving the workshop, they were followed, kept under close surveillance and eliminated in Yemen’s Saada city in Saada governorate.”