The United Arab Emirates on Monday intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the Gulf country, with no casualties, its defense ministry said. Shots fired A week ago.
For more than six years, the Houthis have been battling a Saudi-led coalition that includes the UAE, repeatedly carrying out cross-border missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia and an unprecedented attack on the UAE on January 17.
“Remnants of intercepted ballistic missiles have fallen in isolated areas around Abu Dhabi,” the ministry said. He said it is taking necessary protective measures against all attacks.
United Arab Emirates Newspapers National Cited Reporting residents glow in the sky over the capital at around 4:30 p.m.
Monday’s attack was the second on UAE soil since last week’s strike, which struck a fuel depot in Abu Dhabi, killing three people and causing a fire near its international airport.
Houthi-run al masira Television said the group would announce details of a “comprehensive military operation” against Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a few hours.
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Saudi state media said early on Monday that the coalition intercepted a ballistic missile, the remnants of which damaged workshops and vehicles in the kingdom’s south. It said late Sunday that a ballistic missile fell in the south, wounding two foreigners and causing damage to an industrial area.
Yemen rebels threaten to ‘expand the operation’
Meanwhile, Yemen rebels threatened to intensify their attacks on the United Arab Emirates after two ballistic missiles were shot down on Abu Dhabi.
The Houthis said they targeted Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra airport as well as “important and important” locations in the Dubai region.
Rebel military spokesman Yahya Sari said in a televised statement that the attack “achieved its objectives with high accuracy”.
“We are prepared to expand operations and face escalation during the next phase,” he said.
The Yemen conflict is largely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The United Nations, which has fought for a ceasefire for Yemen with the United States, expressed concern over the escalation and called for maximum restraint by both sides.
The Saudi-led coalition has intensified air strikes in Yemen described as Houthi targets. there were at least 60 people killed About 20 people were killed in a strike at a temporary detention center in northern Saada province on Friday, and in an operation on Tuesday in the Houthi capital Sanaa.
The coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015, months after the Houthis ousted the internationally recognized government from Sanaa. The group says it is fighting a corrupt system and foreign invasion.
The United Arab Emirates substantially reduced its presence in Yemen in 2019 amid a military standoff, but the emirate-backed Yemeni military recently joined the fight against the Houthis in Yemen’s major energy-producing provinces.