The Yemeni Armed Forces have called on international airlines and passengers to avoid using Saudi Arabian airports and airspace, after they targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital in retaliation for Riyadh’s ongoing aggression and siege against their nation.
On Sunday, Spokesman for the Yemeni military Brigadier General Yahya Saree warned aviation firms, aviation experts, airport personnel and travelers against using Saudi facilities and skies, except for airports in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
He declared them potential targets and “a theater of operations” for the Yemeni air defense units.
Saree urged all concerned parties to take the warnings seriously, holding Saudi authorities fully responsible for any adverse consequences.
He stressed that Yemeni Armed Forces will continue implementation of the “airport for airport, siege for siege, and escalation for escalation” equation until the Saudi military aggression on Yemen ceases, and the tight blockade against the Arab Peninsula country is lifted completely.
The remarks came on the same day that Saudi fighter aircraft carried out a new spate of airstrikes against multiple locations across Yemen.
The al-Masirah television channel, citing local sources, reported that Saudi warplanes launched an aerial raid against al-Jeel al-Jadeed School in al-Armah village of the Sabir al-Mawadim district in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.
The report, however, did not provide any immediate information about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
Saudi fighter jets also conducted two airstrikes against the Nihm district in the capital province of Sana’a. No quick reports about casualties were available, though.
Twelve people were killed, and over 300 more were wounded in Saturday's missile attack targeting King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced early on Sunday.
In a statement, GACA said the dead included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a US citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese.
The Sana’a administration declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on July 20, in response to “an unfair and tyrannical siege” on Yemen lasting nearly 12 years.
The Yemeni military has announced several successful operations aimed at ships linked to Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen and launched a sweeping military campaign, backed by military, political, and logistical support from the United States and several Western countries.
The war has killed tens of thousands of Yemenis. However, Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its stated objective of reinstating a puppet regime that serves its interests.
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