TEHRAN -- Yemeni forces have carried out two drone operations targeting Najran airport and Saudi Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia’s Najran region, spokesman for Yemen’s armed forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree said.
“We carried out two military operations with two drones,” Saree said. “The first operation targeted a sensitive enemy Saudi target at Najran airport. 
The second operation targeted the facilities of Aramco Najran, and thanks to God, both operations successfully achieved their objectives.” 
Saree said the operations were carried out “in response to the violation of Saada province’s airspace by enemy Saudi drones,” adding that the Yemeni armed forces will continue to protect Yemen’s sovereignty against any intrusion and establish this equation of reciprocal response.
The operations came as a report said Yemen’s armed forces plan to intensify their retaliatory attacks against key targets in Saudi Arabia and tighten their blockade on the kingdom. 
Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that Yemeni forces have added dozens of vital targets in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan and Najran to their bank of targets. 
According to the sources, Yemeni attacks are expected to increase in the coming period, in retaliation for escalating artillery strikes by Saudi forces on border villages in Sa’ada Province.
The sources stressed that Yemeni forces have placed Aramco, with all its facilities, oil storage tanks, crude oil pipelines, and export terminals, on their target list, warning that “Saudi Arabia’s obstinacy and refusal to implement legitimate Yemeni demands will cost it its oil lifeline.” 
They noted that Yemen continues to isolate Saudi ports on the Red Sea and will continue to prevent Saudi ships from passing through until Riyadh lifts its naval and air blockade on Yemen and fulfills its obligations.
The source warned that all alternatives Saudi Arabia has resorted to, including diverting towards the Strait of Gibraltar or heading north towards the Mediterranean, “will not be safe if the armed forces decide to move to the second phase of the blockade-for-blockade equation.”
The source further said that the Yemeni blockade has halted the passage of 85% of the Kingdom’s oil exports to Asia via the southern Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandab Strait. 
Yemeni forces have also expanded their tracking and surveillance of Saudi ships from the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea, hinting at new “surprises.”
Yemeni armed forces spokesman Saree on Wednesday noted that in the coming period, “more painful airstrikes” will be carried out against Saudi targets, warning that any all-out escalation will be met with a comprehensive response.