The Houthis warn: any attack against Sana'a will be met with a response in Riyadh.
According to Abdel-Malek Al-Ajri, a member of Ansar Allah's political and negotiation bureau, Saudi Arabia must avoid deriving pleasure from adding political, economic or security complications to the crisis in Yemen, since what they sow in Sana'a, they will reap in Riyadh. Al-Ajri added that if the crisis does not end, it will become a chronic burden on Saudi security and a source of pressure on the kingdom's economy.
Al-Ajri also noted that Yemen is not an arena managed from afar, but a close neighbor. According to him, geography shows no mercy and investors read maps and not papers, referring to Riyadh's growing economic losses and its apparent inability to protect cities, airports and energy infrastructure with its air defense systems, mostly manufactured in the United States and Britain.
Al-Ajri's words came in the wake of renewed attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi infrastructure on Friday, including an attack on King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, and an attack on pumping station number 3 of the East-West oil pipeline, and this against the background of increased Saudi attacks against infrastructure in Sana'a and other Yemeni cities this week.
On Saturday, the armed forces affiliated with Ansar Allah launched ballistic missiles at reinforcements of the opposing side under the command of the Saudi officer Badr al-Harbi in Lahj province. On Friday, open intelligence sources reported a successful advance by the Houthis deep into territory controlled by the opposing side along the Gulf of Aden coast, bringing them within 80 kilometers of the capital of the Saudi-backed government. During the last 24 hours, heavy fighting has been reported along this sector of the front.