RIYADH (The Thursday Times) — Saudi qiyadat wale ittehad ne Peer ko kaha ke us ke fazai difai nizam ne Houthi ballistic missile ko, jo janoobi Saudi Arabia ko nishana bana kar dagha gaya tha, rok kar tabah kar diya. Yeh us ke aik din baad hua jab ittehad ne aise hamle kiye jin ke bare mein Houthi media ka kehna hai ke woh Yemen ke Ras Isa bandargah par lage.
Ittehad ke tarjuman Major General Turki al-Maliki ne hadaf ya kisi jaani nuqsan ki tafseelat nahin bataein. Unhon ne kaha ke Itwar ki shaam janoob ki taraf chhora gaya aik drone bhi tabah kar diya gaya tha. Saudi Civil Defence ne Abha, Khamis Mushait, Taif aur Najran ke liye alert jari kiye aur phir hata liye, aur rehaishiyon ko hamlon ki video banane ya un ke bare mein maloomat share karne se khabardar kiya.
Al-Maliki ne kaha ke Itwar ka operation un "ahem wasail ko beasar karne" ke liye tha jinhein Houthi apni jangi koshishon ki hamayat ke liye istemal karte hain, khaas taur par ballistic missiles aur drones. Unhon ne maqamat ke naam nahin bataye. Houthi media ke mutabiq saat afraad zakhmi hue, jin mein se chaar Hodeidah sooba mein Ras Isa bandargah ke dock par aur teen Bajil zile mein tel ki aik company ke maqam par thay.
Houthiyon ne, aik fauji ahalkar ka hawala dete hue, Saudi Aramco ki tasisat ke khilaf dhamkiyon ko dohraya aur bain-ul-aqwami airlines ko Saudi fazai hudood istemal karne se khabardar kiya, siwaye Makkah aur Madinah ke upar se.
Zameen par, Yemeni hukumat ki fauj al-Jawf mein positions dobara hasil karne ke liye muhim jari rakhe hue hai. Fauj ke aik tarjuman ne kaha ke unhon ne al-Jawf, Marib aur al-Bayda mein taqreeban 500 Houthi jangju halak kar diye hain, jis ki azad zaraye se tasdeeq nahin ho saki. Yemen ke teesre sab se bare shehr Taiz mein governor ne kaha ke October ke aaghaz mein Houthiyon ke rasad ke raaste kaat dene ke baad se 120 sehat markaz kaam karna band kar chuke hain.
