Riyadh said the deal is a diplomatic victory. PHOTO: PEXELS
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence said Monday that a warning alert was briefly activated in the capital Riyadh over a potential danger before authorities announced that the threat had passed.
The alert was issued through the National Early Warning Platform, warning residents of potential danger, it said.
In a subsequent notification, the agency announced that the threat had passed in the city.
Authorities did not immediately specify the nature of the threat that prompted the warning.
Yemeni army says it ‘neutralised’ 267 Houthis, lost 9 officers
Yemen’s army said on Sunday that 992 operations against Houthi forces had left around 267 fighters and commanders dead, wounded or fleeing the battlefield, while it separately announced the deaths of nine officers.
Military spokesman Majed al-Nuzaili said preliminary field reports also indicated that 97 military vehicles and weapons had been destroyed or damaged.
In a statement on the US social media platform X, al-Nuzaili said the operations included 19 airstrikes, 29 drone strikes and 944 artillery and rocket attacks against Houthi positions, reinforcements and military equipment.
Al-Nuzaili reported advances in Al-Jawf province and on southern and southwestern fronts, without identifying the positions captured. He said fighting continued in Marib and Taiz.
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The Houthi group did not immediately comment on the military’s statement.
Earlier Sunday, the army announced that nine officers, including two field commanders, had been killed during the operation. Their funerals were held in Marib, but the military did not specify when or where they died.
In separate statements, the army reported strikes on Houthi positions and vehicles in Marib and Lahj, claiming casualties without providing a toll.
The Saudi-led coalition said earlier Sunday that it intercepted a Houthi drone and five missiles aimed at the kingdom. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry reported minor damage to an Aramco administrative building in Riyadh from falling debris following an attempted attack, with no casualties.
The renewed escalation between government forces and the Houthis began in July and has killed or wounded around 10,000 people, according to UN reports.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and other parts of the country.
A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, triggering years of fighting and a severe humanitarian crisis.
The renewed fighting has broken the relative calm that had prevailed since 2022 and further aggravated Yemen’s humanitarian and displacement crisis.
