RIYADH (The Thursday Times) — Saudi Arab mein Amreeki mission ne Haftay ko mulk geer security alert jari kiya jis mein mumlikat mein maujood Amreekiyon par zor diya gaya ke woh Yemen ke Houthiyon ke hamlon ke barhte khatre ke pesh-e-nazar "zyada chaukasi" ikhtiyar karein, jabke Saudi qiyadat wale ittehad ne kaha ke us ne Riyadh aur junoob ki jaanib daghe gaye do Houthi drone tabah kar diye hain.
Mission ne kaha ke Saudi Arab mein civilian hawai addon aur deegar aham tanseebat par Houthi hamlon se "shehri halakatein huin aur safar mein shadeed khalal para", aur khabardar kiya ke yeh larai "tezi se" phail sakti hai.
Mission ne kaha, "Agar aap Saudi Arab mein hawai adde istemal karne ka faisla karein to intehai ehtiyat bartein," aur musafiron par zor diya ke woh apni flight ki soorat-e-haal barah-e-raast airline aur hawai adde dono se maloom karein.
Hawai adde khule hain, magar pabandiyon ke saath
Mission ke mutabiq Riyadh ka King Khalid International Airport, jis par Houthiyon ne Jumay ko drone se hamle ka daawa kiya tha, 23 October ko androon-e-mulk flights aur Saudi airlines ki kuch bainul aqwami flights ke liye juzwi taur par khol diya gaya tha. Aam taur par Riyadh se chalne wali mehdood tadaad mein flights Qassim ke Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport se chal rahi hain, jabke Jeddah aur Dammam ke hawai adde kuch takheer aur mansookhiyon ke saath khule hain.
Ghair mulki airlines mohtaat hain. Air India aur IndiGo ne Saudi Arab ke liye apni flights moattal rakhi hui hain, jabke Qatar Airways ne aik maah ke taattul ke baad Riyadh aur Dammam ke liye flights bahaal kar di hain.
Amreeki mehkama-e-kharja ne 23 October ko ghair hangami Amreeki sarkari mulazimeen aur un ke ahl-e-khana ko Saudi Arab chhorne ka hukm diya tha. Alert ke mutabiq wahan maujood Amreeki sarkari amle ko kisi bhi Saudi hawai adde ke istemal ke liye sarbarah-e-mission ki khusoosi ijazat darkaar hai aur woh Yemeni sarhad ke 20 meel ke andar safar nahin kar sakte. Bahrain jane wale Shah Fahd Causeway samet tamam zameeni guzargahein khuli hain.
Riyadh par drone
Ittehad ke tarjuman Major General Turki al-Maliki ne aik bayan mein kaha ke "Houthi militia ki jaanib se daghe gaye do drone Riyadh aur junoobi ilaqon mein rok kar tabah kar diye gaye". Unhon ne yeh nahin bataya ke koi zakhmi hua ya koi nuqsan hua.
Saudi fazai difa ne Budh ko Riyadh, Makkah aur deegar ilaqon ki jaanib daghe gaye Houthi missile aur drone bhi roke thay. Houthiyon ne Makkah ko nishana banane ki tardeed ki.
Ittehad aur Houthiyon ke darmiyan larai July mein dobara bharak uthi thi jis se 2022 mein Aqwam-e-Muttahida ki salisi se hone wali jang bandi ka nisbatan pur-sukoon daur khatam ho gaya, aur Iran ke saath Amreeka aur Israel ki jang ke dauran is mein shiddat aayi hai. October mein Riyadh airport par pe dar pe hamlon mein kam az kam 20 afraad halak huay thay. Jumeraat ko Aqwam-e-Muttahida ki Salamati Council ne Yemen par pabandiyon ka nizam November 2027 tak barha diya, aur Arab arkan-e-parliament ne Houthiyon ko dehshatgard giroh qarar dilwane ki muhim shuru ki hai.
