March 26 (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition which is intervening militarily in Yemen launched a military operation on Saturday to end attacks on its oil installations and “protect the world’s energy sources”, state media reported. Saudi state.
The coalition added that this operation was still in its infancy and that the Houthis should bear the consequences of their “hostile behavior”.
The purpose of this operation is to “protect the world’s energy sources and guarantee (the functioning) of supply chains”, the coalition further indicated.
Saudi state media earlier reported that the coalition said it would ‘address sources of threat directly’ and asked civilians to avoid being near any oil sites or installations in the port city. of Hodedah, on the Red Sea.
This announcement came after the coalition announced that two drones had been intercepted and destroyed in the skies of Yemen.
Civilian sites will be spared and collateral damage to oil installations will be avoided, the coalition said. (Report Nayera Abdallah and Omar Fahmy, with Mohammed Ghobari; French version Camille Raynaud)