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Gulf crisis: Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi targets in Yemen

Sites being used to carry out ‘hostilities and terrorist operations’that threaten maritime shipping lanes and routes and international trade in Bab Al-Mandab Strait and in the Red Sea, it claimed

A rescue worker searches for victims in the rubble of a prison building hit by Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen’s Dhamar province on Sept. 4, 2019 (IANS)
A rescue worker searches for victims in the rubble of a prison building hit by Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen’s Dhamar province on Sept. 4, 2019 (IANS) 

The Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen destroyed some "hostile targets" in the city Hodeidah on Friday.

Coalition spokesperson Turki Al Maliki said that the targets posed a threat to regional and international security.

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The destroyed targets included four sites for the assembling and booby-trapping of remote-controlled boats as well as naval mines.

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These sites are used to carry out "hostilities and terrorist operations" that threaten maritime shipping lanes and routes and international trade in Bab Al-Mandab Strait and in the Red Sea, the spokesperson explained.

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Yemeni Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the US and Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for sponsoring the attacks, citing the weapons used were Iranian-made.

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