‘Yemeni Army’s Targets Extend to Riyadh, Abu Dhabi’

Date: 16 March 2019 - 21:32

News ID: ۶۴۳۲۱

SANAA (Dispatches) – Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e says the legitimate targets of the Arab country’s military forces extend to the Saudi and Emirati capitals of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
"We have aerial photographs and coordinates of dozens of headquarters, facilities and military bases of the enemy," Sare'e said on Saturday, according to al-Masirah television channel.
"The legitimate targets of our forces extend to the capital of Saudi Arabia and to the emirate of Abu Dhabi," capital of the UAE, he said.
"We have manufactured advanced generations of attack aircraft, and new systems will soon be functional,” the commander added.
Yemen’s army and popular forces have enhanced their military capabilities and expanded their operations in retaliation for the ongoing U.S.-backed Saudi airstrike campaign, which has killed or injured over 50,000 people as of October — as well as the devastating siege which has triggered a borderline famine. Women and children constitute most of the casualties from airstrikes and military operations.
Sare'e also said the country's air defense has managed to shoot down 19 Saudi Apache helicopters since the outbreak of the war in 2015.
He provided the figures regarding the four-year-long war on the impoverished Arab country.
He said that Saudi Arabia and its allies have carried out over 250,000 airstrikes and dropped more than 500,000 bombs and missiles on Yemen, al-Masirah TV reported.
The aggressors’ warplanes fired at least 5914 cluster and phosphorus bombs at several Yemeni provinces, he added.
Sare'e also noted that a total of 22 countries have directly and indirectly been involved in the Saudi war, adding that Yemen is in possession of evidence suggesting Israel's role in the Western-backed offensive.
The Yemeni military, he stressed, has managed to destroy over 7,000 armored vehicles, trucks, tanks and bulldozers belonging to the Saudi-led coalition.
Saudi Arabia and its regional allies, including the UAE, launched the devastating military campaign against Yemen in order to bring the Riyadh-backed former government back to power.
The invaders have, however, failed to achieve their objective in the face of Yemenis’ resistance.
The war has so far taken a heavy toll on the Yemen’s infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and factories.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies, including the UAE, have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in a statement on March 25 that the war had left 600,000 civilians dead and injured until then. The war and the accompanying blockade have also caused famine across Yemen.