The boat had departed Yemen’s main Red Sea port of Hodeidah.
- Coalition has given militia six-hour deadline to remove weapons from Al-Thawra Sports City Stadium in Sanaa
- Earlier on Thursday, the coalition destroyed a Houthi drone targeting Abha International Airport
RIYADH: The Arab coalition said on Thursday that it had destroyed an explosives-laden Houthi boat.
The boat, launched from Yemen’s Hodeidah, was destroyed before it could be used to carry out an attack in the southern Red Sea, the coalition added.
The coalition also gave the militia a six-hour deadline to remove weapons from Al-Thawra Sports City Stadium in Sanaa starting at 8pm local time.
It said that immunity would be lifted off the stadium if the Houthis did not comply with international humanitarian law.
Earlier on Thursday, the coalition destroyed a Houthi drone targeting Abha International Airport.
Shrapnel was scattered around the airport as a result but no casualties were reported.
The Houthi militia frequently launches cross-border attacks targeting civilians.
The Arab coalition forces fighting Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen said it had destroyed a small Houthi boat in the south of the Red Sea that was loaded with explosives, Saudi state television reported on Friday.
The coalition added that the boat had departed Yemen’s main Red Sea port of Hodeidah.
The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said it had launched 18 operations targeting the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the Yemeni provinces of Marib and Hajjah in the past 24 hours.
The coalition said casualties were inflicted on several Houthi militants and 13 military vehicles had been destroyed, Saudi state TV reported on Friday.
Meanwhile, the coalition said it destroyed an explosive-laden boat belonging to the Houthi militia in the southern Red Sea from the port of Hodeidah.
“The Houthis’ use of the port for military purposes threatens freedom of navigation and global trade,” the coalition said.
