Two legitimate military targets used by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia were destroyed in Sana’a this morning by the Coalition’s Joint Forces Command, according to the Saudi Press Agency, SPA
RIYADH, (Pakistan Point News - 10th Apr, 2019) Two legitimate military targets used by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia were destroyed in Sana’a this morning by the Coalition’s Joint Forces Command, according to the Saudi Press Agency, SPA.
SPA quoted the Official Spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Malki, as saying that at 4:17 a.m., this morning, the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition carried out a qualitative military operation in Sana’a to destroy two legitimate military targets including a workshop used by the Houthi militia for installing and booby trapping UAVs and a store for platforms for launching and preparing UAVs to carry out terrorist operations.
Al-Malki clarified that this targeting operation is an extension to previous military operations on 19th and 31st January, 9th February and 23rd March this year that were conducted by the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to target and destroy an Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia’s integrated network for UAV capabilities and its logistical facilities, in addition to locations of foreign experts.
SPA said that Al-Malki had "affirmed the commitment of the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to preventing use and access of the Houthi militia, and other terrorist organisations, to such qualitative capabilities, and taking all necessary measures to protect civilians and vital areas from the threat of UAV terrorist attacks in accordance with the Customary International Humanitarian Law."
Colonel Al-Malki reaffirmed that the targeting operation was in accordance with the Customary International Humanitarian Law, saying that the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition has taken all precautionary measures and necessary actions to protect civilians and avoid collateral damage among them.
He added that the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia uses residential neighbourhoods and civilian facilities as military zones for manufacturing workshops, including ballistic missiles preparation and installation workshops, UAV workshops, mine and improvised explosive device workshops, and weapons storage of all types, in an attempt to use civilians as human shields in clear and explicit violation of international humanitarian law and customary rules.
