{"id":17646,"date":"2022-02-11T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17646"},"modified":"2022-02-11T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:59:35","slug":"drone-attack-on-saudi-airport-12-injured-in-foiled-yemeni-rebel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/11\/drone-attack-on-saudi-airport-12-injured-in-foiled-yemeni-rebel\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone attack on Saudi Airport, 12 injured in foiled Yemeni rebel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fragments fell to the ground after the interception of the drone over <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abha_International_Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Abha International Airport,<\/a> which has previously been targeted in alike assaults by the Iran-backed insurgents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Twelve people were injured by falling debris on Thursday when the Saudi military blew up a Yemeni rebel drone targeting an airport close to the border, officials told.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-abha-international-airport\"> Abha International Airport <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6205502a98644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6205502a98644.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6205502a98644-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6205502a98644-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6205502a98644-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/6205502a98644-750x450.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><strong>  Abha International Airport |aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Huthis claimed responsibility for the attack in a tweet, saying they had targeted an airport &#8220;used for military activity against Yemen&#8221; and warning citizens to &#8220;stay away&#8221; from such areas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Huthis, fighting a Saudi-led coalition since 2015, has frequently established drone attacks at targets in the kingdom including airports and oil installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/indigo-back-in-profit-after-two-years-after-omicron-steps-aside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">IndiGo back in profit after two years, after Omicron steps aside<\/a>   <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/11\/us-court-dismisses-two-charges-against-former-boeing-test-pilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">US Court dismisses two charges against former Boeing test pilot<\/a>  <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/06\/gold-biscuits-rs-1-37-crore-found-hidden-under-passenger-seat-on-indigo-flight-from-dubai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Gold biscuits  Rs 1.37 crore found hidden under passenger seat on Indigo flight from Dubai<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In current weeks, they have also established deadly cross-border attacks for the first time against fellow coalition members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Arab_Emirates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">United Arab Emirates,<\/a> after suffering a series of battlefield defeats at the hands of UAE-trained pro-government forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Saudi defense forces destroyed a drone launched towards Abha International Airport,&#8221; the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) told.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The SPA told&#8221;12 civilians&#8221; were hurt when the unmanned aircraft was intercepted, including citizens of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, as well as two Saudis.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In answer, the Saudi-led coalition told it would strike positions from which the Huthis launch drones in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital of Yemen.&#8221; We question civilians in Sanaa to evacuate civilian sites used for military purposes for the next 72 hours,&#8221; it told, quoted by SPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civilian airport  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As a result of the interception process, some shrapnel of the drone was scattered after its interception inside the internal perimeter of the airport,&#8221; coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki told SPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17656\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He told Abha was a &#8220;civilian airport that is protected under international humanitarian law&#8221; and accused the rebels of a &#8220;war crime&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/president-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">President Joe Biden<\/a> reaffirmed in a phone call Wednesday with Saudi King Salman the &#8220;US commitment to support Saudi Arabia in the defense of its people and territory&#8221; from Huthi attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abha lies in the kingdom&#8217;s southwestern mountains and is popular, particularly during summer, with Saudis and expatriates desperate to escape the scorching heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border provinces of Saudi Arabia have come under a frequent drone or missile attack by the rebels, in what the Huthis say is retaliation for a deadly bombing campaign carried out by coalition aircraft against rebel-held places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most have been safely intercepted by Saudi air defenses, but in late December an attack on Jizan province on the Red Sea coast saw two people killed and seven wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, the coalition told the Huthis had fired more than 400 ballistic missiles and established over 850 attack drones in Saudi Arabia in the past seven years, killing a total of 59 civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The UAE has also been on alert since a drone and missile attack killed three oil workers in Abu Dhabi on January 17.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/drone.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authorities have since thwarted three similar attacks.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The January 17 attack was the first deadly assault on the UAE claimed by the Huthis, opening a new phase in the Yemeni war and puncturing the Gulf state&#8217;s image as a regional haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE-trained Giants Brigades has this year inflicted heavy losses on the Huthis, disrupting their efforts to seize Marib city, the government&#8217;s final significant stronghold in the rebel-dominated north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yemen&#8217;s civil war broke out in 2014 when the Huthis seized Sanaa, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to intervene the next year to prop up the internationally acknowledged government.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed directly or indirectly in the conflict, while millions have been replaced in what the UN calls the world&#8217;s biggest humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, the Norwegian Refugee Council told civilian deaths and injuries in the war have nearly doubled since UN human rights monitors were controversially released in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n94tujec_drone-generic-unsplash_625x300_09_September_21.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n94tujec_drone-generic-unsplash_625x300_09_September_21.webp 650w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n94tujec_drone-generic-unsplash_625x300_09_September_21-600x369.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n94tujec_drone-generic-unsplash_625x300_09_September_21-300x185.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The removal of this crucial human rights investigative body took us back to unchecked, horrific violations,&#8221; 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