Arab Coalition Removes 157 Houthi Naval Mines From Red Sea

Members of the Houthi movement ride in the back of a vehicle during withdrawal from Saleef port in Hodeidah province, Yemen May 11, 2019. (Reuters)
Members of the Houthi movement ride in the back of a vehicle during withdrawal from Saleef port in Hodeidah province, Yemen May 11, 2019. (Reuters)
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Arab Coalition Removes 157 Houthi Naval Mines From Red Sea

Members of the Houthi movement ride in the back of a vehicle during withdrawal from Saleef port in Hodeidah province, Yemen May 11, 2019. (Reuters)
Members of the Houthi movement ride in the back of a vehicle during withdrawal from Saleef port in Hodeidah province, Yemen May 11, 2019. (Reuters)

The Saudi-led Arab coalition has removed a naval mine placed in the south of the Red Sea by the Houthi militias on Saturday.

The coalition said that 157 naval mines have been removed after being randomly deployed by the Iran-backed Houthis.

The Houthi militia continues to threaten maritime navigation and global trade in the Bab al-Mandab strait and the southern Red Sea, the coalition said.

Coalition Spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki stressed that the terrorist Houthi militia continues to launch systematic and deliberate attacks targeting civilian objects and civilians in the Saudi Southern region.

Earlier this week, the Coalition also successfully intercepted and destroyed two explosive-laden boats in the Red Sea.

According to Maliki, the boats were launched from Hodeidah Governorate, which the Houthi militias use "as a base to launch ballistic missiles, drones, booby-trapped remote-operated boats."



Saudi FM Meets Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

Ahmed al-Sharaa received Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the People's Palace in Damascus. (Al Ekhbariya)
Ahmed al-Sharaa received Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the People's Palace in Damascus. (Al Ekhbariya)
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Saudi FM Meets Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

Ahmed al-Sharaa received Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the People's Palace in Damascus. (Al Ekhbariya)
Ahmed al-Sharaa received Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the People's Palace in Damascus. (Al Ekhbariya)

Leader of the new Syrian adminiatration Ahmed al-Sharaa received on Friday Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the People’s Palace in Damascus.

The Saudi Minister had arrived in Syria on Friday at noon on an official visit.