RIYADH – Saudi Arabia intercepted an armed drone launched towards the kingdom by Yemen’s Huthis, state media said Sunday, a day after the US moved to delist the rebels as a terrorist group.
The Saudi-led military coalition “intercepted and destroyed an armed drone,” said spokesman Turki al-Maliki in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
“It was launched systematically and deliberately by the terrorist Huthi militia to target civilians and civilian objects in the south of the region.” The incident was not immediately claimed by the Huthis.
The US State Department on Friday said it had formally notified Congress of its intention to revoke a terrorist designation against the rebels, which had been announced at the end of the administration of former president Donald Trump.
The delisting move came a day after US President Joe Biden announced an end to US support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen.
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