Scores wounded as Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi Arabia, military says

Saudi -led coalition forces are vowing a resolute response to a wave of attacks from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels early Tuesday that it said wounded at least 73 civilians.

Major General Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led Coalition Forces, described the attacks as “senseless,” saying Houthi forces had targeted “civilian and economic sites” in the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran.

Despite efforts to stay clear of America’s war with Iran, Saudi Arabia faced missile attacks from the Houthis in July, ending a four-year de facto ceasefire between the rebel group and the kingdom.

Women and children were among the wounded in Tuesday’s attacks, Al-Maliki said in a statement.

The attacks “constitute a blatant violation of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and a direct threat to the security and safety of its citizens and residents,” he added.

The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition –– the Saudi-led grouping that that has been fighting the Houthis during Yemen’s yearslong civil war –– will “take all necessary operational measures” deter Houthi forces and “resolutely confront its hostile approach,” Al-Maliki said.

“The Command will also take all necessary measures and actions to respond to the sources of the threat and neutralize its danger.”

Nasr al-Din Amer, a member of the Iran-backed Houthis’ politburo, said on Telegram that the “ongoing, in-depth response far exceeds what is being circulated on social media and is much broader.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

沙特阿拉伯领导的联军誓言对也门胡塞武装周二早些时候发动的一系列袭击做出坚决回应，联军称这些袭击造成至少 73 名平民受伤。

沙特领导的联军发言人图尔基·马利基少将称这些袭击“毫无意义”，并表示胡塞武装以艾卜哈、海米斯穆沙伊特、吉赞和纳季兰等城市的“平民和经济场所”为目标。

尽管沙特阿拉伯努力避免卷入美国与伊朗的战争，但该国在7月份还是遭到了胡塞武装的导弹袭击，结束了该反叛组织与沙特王国之间长达四年的事实停火。

马利基在一份声明中表示，周二的袭击事件中，伤者中有妇女和儿童。

他补充说，这些袭击“公然侵犯了王国的主权，并直接威胁到其公民和居民的安全”。

马利基表示，在也门长达数年的内战中与胡塞武装作战的沙特领导的联军联合部队指挥部将“采取一切必要的作战措施”来威慑胡塞武装，并“坚决对抗其敌对行径”。

“指挥部还将采取一切必要措施和行动，应对威胁源头，消除危险。”

伊朗支持的胡塞武装政治局成员纳斯尔·丁·阿梅尔在 Telegram 上表示，“正在进行的深入应对远远超出了社交媒体上流传的内容，而且范围更广。”

这是一则正在更新的新闻。