Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, said he would deliver a statement at 14:40 Wednesday regarding what he described as an 'important operation' the group says it carried out against Saudi Arabia, according to a post by security analyst Yair Goldblatt. The content of the statement has not yet been released.
Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, announced on Wednesday that he would deliver a statement at 14:40 Jerusalem time regarding what he described as an "important operation" the group says it carried out against Saudi Arabia. As of 15:48 Jerusalem, the content of the statement has not been released.
The announcement comes less than two days after The Zioneer reported a coordinated Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia. At 05:53 Tuesday morning, reports indicated that the Houthis struck six Saudi provinces simultaneously with missiles and drones, including targets linked to Aramco, and that major airports including Jeddah were shut down. Riyadh was reported to have requested international assistance. Those initial reports, based on a single unverified source, have not been independently confirmed, though additional footage of interceptions over southern Saudi Arabia emerged on Sep 8.
The Houthi movement, an Iranian-backed proxy as The Zioneer has reported, has escalated its campaign against Saudi Arabia since ending its ceasefire. In recent months, the Houthis have claimed large-scale ballistic missile operations (Aug 6) and struck a Saudi commercial vessel off Mokha (Aug 11). Saree, the group's military spokesman, has become the primary channel for communicating these operations.
It remains unclear whether Saree's planned statement refers to the Tuesday strikes or a separate, additional operation. No details have been published since the scheduled 14:40 time, and the group has not confirmed whether the statement was delivered as planned.
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