{"id":17993,"date":"2022-02-22T14:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T09:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17993"},"modified":"2022-02-22T14:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T09:19:42","slug":"saudi-forces-destroy-houthi-drone-targeting-an-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/22\/saudi-forces-destroy-houthi-drone-targeting-an-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi forces destroy Houthi drone targeting an airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Sixteen people, including foreign nationals, have been injured after the drone, told to have been established from Sanaa airport, was destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A coalition report, cited by the Saudi state news agency SPA on Monday, expressed the drone was established towards King Abdullah Airport in the southwestern Jizan province.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sanaa-international-airport\">Sanaa International Airport  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2929681-591821526.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2929681-591821526.jpg 670w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2929681-591821526-600x354.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2929681-591821526-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><figcaption><strong> Sanaa International Airport | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>According to the report, victims suffered injuries from shrapnel during the drone interception. The coalition told the drone was fired \u201cfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanaa_International_Airport\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sanaa International Airport<\/a> to target civilians\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSixteen civilians of different nationalities were hurt,\u201d it told. Saudi state TV said three travelers were in critical condition. It aired a short video clip of the aftermath that showed glass shattered across the floor inside the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jizan-s-airport\">Jizan\u2019s airport  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The state-run Ekhbariya news channel later showed travelers moving about within<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jizan_Regional_Airport\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Jizan\u2019s airport<\/a> and reported that flights were back to working generally.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The incident is the second airport attack in less than two weeks blamed on, or claimed by, the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels. It comes less than two weeks after a similar attempted drone attack and interception resulted in\u00a012 people wounded\u00a0at an airport in the southern Saudi city of Abha, also near the kingdom\u2019s border with Yemen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/211009063120GDBL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/211009063120GDBL.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/211009063120GDBL-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/211009063120GDBL-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviatona2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In retort, the coalition said it\u00a0destroyed a communications system\u00a0used for drone attacks on February 14\u00a0located near the telecoms ministry in Sanaa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, the coalition told the Houthis had fired more than 850 drones and 400 ballistic missiles at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> in the previous seven years, killing a total of 59 civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That figure compares with the 401 coalition air raids carried out in January alone over Yemen, according to the Yemen Data Project, an independent tracker which reported about 9,000 civilian fatalities from the raids in that country since 2015. Rights groups have long criticized the coalition for civilian casualties in its aerial bombardments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Meanwhile, on Monday, Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) said on Twitter that \u201cfollowing bombing\u201d overnight in Yemen\u2019s Hajjah province, its team in the emergency room of Abs general hospital \u201creceived a 12-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman, both dead on coming\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4dceaefe4a3f4a4eb479a8009b3097a2_18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17997\" width=\"1035\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4dceaefe4a3f4a4eb479a8009b3097a2_18.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4dceaefe4a3f4a4eb479a8009b3097a2_18-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4dceaefe4a3f4a4eb479a8009b3097a2_18-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4dceaefe4a3f4a4eb479a8009b3097a2_18-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/4dceaefe4a3f4a4eb479a8009b3097a2_18-750x422.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They also received \u201c10 wounded civilians, most of them women and children, including one pregnant woman\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fighting has escalated in the province, MSF said, expressing deep concern over \u201cthe terrible impact of indiscriminate attacks, including bombing and shelling on civilians on both sides of the front lines\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saudi-led coalition has been\u00a0fighting the Houthis\u00a0since 2015, one year after the rebels overran much of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa.<\/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\/21\/top-10-flying-schools-in-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Top 10 Flying Schools in Canada<\/a>   <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/20\/dgca-to-get-direct-online-access-to-personnel-records-of-civilian-aircraft-operators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">DGCA to get direct online access to personnel records of civilian aircraft operators<\/a>   <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/52-years-ago-the-first-747-took-off-and-changed-aviation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">52 years ago, the first 747 took off and changed aviation<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-has-estimated-the-war-killed-377-000-people-by-the-end-of\">UN has estimated the war killed 377,000 people by the end of <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight-year conflict has created one of the world\u2019s worst man-made humanitarian crises, with nearly 80 percent of the country, or about 30 million people, in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, according to UN estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/riyadh-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/riyadh-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/riyadh-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/riyadh-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/riyadh-768x403.jpg 768w, 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