Yemen strikes Saudi industrial facilities in response to aggression
Yemen’s Armed Forces have carried out missile strikes against industrial facilities in Jizan, southwestern Saudi Arabia, in response to aggression waged by the kingdom on Yemen’s lifeline port city of Al-Hudaydah.
The strikes were carried out in early Saturday after the Saudi military staged a number of attacks targeting a facility in Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen and also targeted the country’s Kamran Island, prompting Yemeni air defenses to force Saudi warplanes to leave Yemen’s airspace.
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Reacting to the aggression, Yemen's foreign ministry had warned Saudi Arabia that the kingdom would bear responsibility for the consequences of the aggression.
“The Saudi regime bears the consequences for any developments that will occur as a result of its criminal step,” the ministry said.
It denounced Riyadh for choosing aggression instead of responding to Sana'a’s demand for an end to the former’s drawn-out blockade against the impoverished Arab Peninsula nation.
“Instead of complying with the rightful and just demand to lift the blockade on Yemen, the Saudi regime has committed a major folly that will cost it dearly,” the statement read.
‘Escalation for escalation’
The latest attacks, it added, would alter the nature of the confrontation.
“By targeting Al-Hudaydah, the equation of ‘escalation for escalation’ will be the title of the next phase," the ministry added.
Meanwhile, Hazem al-Assad, a senior member of the Political Bureau of Yemen’s popular resistance Ansarullah movement, also warned of retaliation following the strikes.
“Port for port, airport for airport, and every escalation will be met with a greater escalation," he said.
On Thursday, Yemen's Armed Forces had said they would continue retaliatory naval operations against Saudi targets and maintain Sana’a’s “siege for a siege” equation, following an operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.
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Earlier this month, Sana’a declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia effective immediately, with military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree warning that any Saudi escalation would be met with a “comprehensive and severe response.”
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