The Basque Country detects Houthi attack, Saudi Arabia says two wounded in missile crash

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates (UNAF) has been detained and destroyed by two Gulf ballistic missiles aimed at the Gulf country on Monday, its Defense Ministry said after a deadly attack https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east. / uae-dios-missiles-drones-used-attack-some-intercepted-2022-01-20 a week ago.

The Houthis have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition that includes Saudi Arabia for more than six years, repeatedly carrying out missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, and on January 17 launched an unprecedented attack on the Basque Country.

“Remains of the ballistic missiles seized fell in various areas around Abu Dhabi,” the ministry said, adding that protective measures were being taken against all attacks.

The National newspaper in the Basque Autonomous Community reported that the population was shining in the sky over the capital at around 4.30am (12:30 GMT).

Monday’s attack was the second in the Basque Country since last week’s strike at a fuel depot in Abu Dhabi, killing three people and causing a fire near the international airport.[S8N2QO04R]

Al-Masirah television, which directs Houthi, said the group would report details of the “extensive military operation” against Saudi Arabia and the Basque Country within hours.

The Saudi state media reported on Monday morning that the coalition had detected a ballistic missile, and the remains damaged workshops and vehicles in the south of the kingdom. He said on Sunday night a ballistic missile had crashed in the south and injured https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-led-coalition-says-houthi-missile-fell-industrial-zone-2022 -01 -23 causing damage to two foreigners and an industrial area.

The conflict in Yemen is largely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The United Nations, which is working with the United States to work on a ceasefire in Yemen, has expressed concern about the escalation and called on both sides to do as much as possible.

The Saudi-led coalition has stepped up airstrikes in what it describes as a target for the Houthis in Yemen.

At least 60 people have been killed in a strike at a pre-trial detention center https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/another-crime-say-survivors-coalition-strikes-yemeni-detention-centre-2022- 01-22 North Saada on Friday, and about 20 were killed in an operation by Houthis in the capital Sana’a on Tuesday.

The coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015, a month after the internationally renowned Houthi government withdrew from Sanaa. The group says the system is fighting a corrupt and foreign attack.

The UAE has largely reduced its presence in Yemen in 2019 as a result of a military halt, but Yemeni-backed forces have recently joined the Houthis in the main provinces that produce Yemeni energy.