RIYADH (Dispatches) – The Saudi proxies in Yemen have threatened an “unprecedented” military action after the Sanaa-based government, led by the Ansarullah resistance movement and its allies in the Yemeni army, pledged to attack Saudi airports in retaliation for Saudi warplanes blocking an Iranian civilian flight from landing in capital Sanaa.
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki issued a statement on Saturday accused the Ansarullah-led government of undermining regional and international security. 
The threats from Riyadh’s proxies came after the Sanaa government announced on Friday that it had confronted Saudi warplanes attempting to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa International Airport. 
The plane was carrying more than 200 patients alongside a delegation traveling to Tehran for the funeral of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Military spokesman Yahya Saree warned that any attempt to violate Yemeni airspace or target the country “will be met with a comprehensive response targeting Saudi airports and vital interests on land and sea.”
The flight was the first publicly confirmed Iranian civilian aircraft to land in Sanaa in roughly a decade, defying the crippling blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia and its proxies that has exacerbated Yemen’s humanitarian crisis.
Al-Maliki’s statement claimed that the Sanaa government’s military posture has exposed Yemeni civilian infrastructure to potential targeting, including the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa, and as-Salif, as well as Sanaa International Airport. 
He vowed that the coalition “will respond with unprecedented determination and force to any and all attempts to target the Kingdom.”
Yemen’s so-called Presidential Leadership Council, which serves as a front for Saudi and Emirati interests in the country, held an emergency meeting condemning the Iranian flight as a violation of Yemeni sovereignty and demanding the UN take “deterrent measures” against the Sanaa government.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 after the Sanaa government ousted the Saudi-backed puppet regime. The conflict has since caused widespread displacement and damage, with the UN describing the situation as one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises—a crisis largely attributable to the Saudi blockade.
The renewed threats come months after the Saudi proxies and the Sanaa government agreed to their largest prisoner exchange, confirmed in May, which included seven Saudi prisoners of war. 
Fighting has largely been frozen since a UN-negotiated truce in 2022, though Saudi Arabia continues to violate Yemeni sovereignty through its ongoing aerial bombardment and illegal blockade.