Coalition announces the shooting down of Houthi aircraft launched towards Khamis Mushayt

The Arab Coalition Forces today announced the shooting down of several drones fired by the Houthi militia - Iran's arm in Yemen - towards Saudi Arabia

Colonel Turki al-Maliki said coalition forces intercepted on Saturday drones fired by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia towards civilian objects in Khamis Mushayt and Jazan.

Colonel al-Maliki told the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that all attempts by the Houthi terrorist militia to launch drones would be doomed to failure, adding that the coalition takes all operational procedures and best practices of engagement rules to deal with these aircraft to protect civilians