*RIYADH: Saudi forces have intercepted two explosives-laden Yemeni rebeldrones, one of which targeted a southern city that has repeatedly comeunder attack over the past week, a Riyadh-led military coalition said earlyTuesday.*
One of the drones targeted a civilian area in Abha city and the second wasshot down over Yemeni air space after it was launched towards the kingdom,the coalition fighting the Houthi rebels said in a statement released bythe official Saudi Press Agency.
The coalition reported no casualties from the attacks late Monday.
Huthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported earlier that the rebels had launched droneattacks on Abha airport, which they have repeatedly targeted over the pastweek.
The rebels claimed another drone strike on Abha airport early Monday, butit was not immediately confirmed by the coalition.
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Last Wednesday, the coalition said a Houthi missile attack on Abha airportleft 26 civilians wounded, drawing promises of “stern action” from themilitary alliance.
Human Rights Watch denounced Wednesday’s strike as an apparent “war crime”,urging the Huthis to immediately stop all attacks on civilianinfrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
The coalition intervened in support of the Yemeni government in 2015 whenPresident Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled into Saudi exile as the rebels closedin on his last remaining territory in and around second city Aden. -APP/AFP
