The Arab coalition raided a drone facility used by the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) at an airbase in Sanaa, AFP reported Thursday (May 2nd).
The coalition has ramped up attacks on such sites after the Houthis warned last month they could launch attacks against the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The latest raid late Wednesday targeted "drone maintenance sites, a communications system and locations of drone experts and operators" at the al-Dulaimi base adjoining the airport in Houthi-held Sanaa, the official Saudi Press Agency quoted coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki as saying.
The Houthi-controlled Saba news agency said 13 airstrikes targeted the base and airport.
The coalition last month said it targeted a cave in Sanaa used by the Houthis to stockpile drones.
The raid came after the coalition reported last month that Saudi air defences had intercepted two drones launched by the Houthis that targeted Khamis Mushait, home to a major airbase in the south-west of the kingdom.
