{"id":644115,"date":"2019-06-23T08:33:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div> <p>Saudi Air Defence on Friday intercepted and shot down five drones launched by Yemen\u2019s Iran-linked rebels targeting the kingdom amid heightened tensions in the region, a military official said.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for a Sau"},"modified":"2019-06-23T08:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:33:48","slug":"saudi-arabia-intercepts-drones-from-yemen-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/23\/saudi-arabia-intercepts-drones-from-yemen-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia intercepts drones from Yemen rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Saudi Air Defence on Friday intercepted and shot down five drones launched by Yemen\u2019s Iran-linked rebels targeting the kingdom amid heightened tensions in the region, a military official said.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for a Saudi-led alliance fighting the Yemeni rebels, said the drones were fired by the Houthi rebels in the direction of Abha airport and the province of Khamis Mushait in south-western Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe confirm our legal right to take and carry out the proper deterrence measures in handling these hostile acts,\u201d al-Malki added.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Houthi television al-Masirah reported that the rebels had mounted a series of drone attacks against Abha airport near the Yemeni border and put it out of operation.<\/p>\n<p>The reported attacks are the latest in a string of drone and missile assaults by the Houthis into Saudi territory.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the alliance said that 26 people were injured when the Houthis attacked Abha airport and vowed a \u201cfirm\u201d response.<\/p>\n<p>The violence comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, a regional rival of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has blamed Iran for attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, though Tehran has denied involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi-led alliance has been fighting the Houthis in Yemen since March 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudis fear that the Houthis will give Iran a strategic foothold in the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3E3E3E\"><i>Get more stories like this on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/todayng\" style=\"color: #ED1C24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Air Defence on Friday intercepted and shot down five drones launched by Yemen\u2019s Iran-linked rebels targeting the kingdom amid heightened tensions in the region, a military official said. 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