Saudi-led coalition dismisses Houthi claim of attack on Riyadh

Saudi-led coalition dismisses Houthi claim of attack on Riyadh

By claiming an attack on Riyadh, Houthis were “attempting to divert attention from the scale of the losses and the growing public anger against them”, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has said, according to the Asharq Al-Awsat news outlet.

Major General Turki Al-Malki, a spokesman for the coalition, said: “What the Houthis are facing in Taiz, and the human losses suffered by the group’s members at the hands of the heroes of the Yemeni Armed Forces and the Popular Resistance on all fronts drives them to seek illusory victories.” 

Earlier, Houthis claimed a ballistic missile and drone attack on an Aramco oil facility near Riyadh.