Saudi fighter jets bombed Yemen’s capital, Sana'a, early Tuesday, as Yemeni forces announced the downing of another Saudi drone and warned civilians and businesses to stay away from facilities designated for retaliatory attacks, amid reports of explosions in Riyadh and other Saudi cities.
According to Yemeni news agency Al-Masirah, Saudi warplanes carried out airstrikes on Sana'a in the early hours of Tuesday.
In response to the continued Saudi aggression, Yemen’s air defenses shot down another Saudi military drone over Al-Jawf province.
Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Yahya Saree said the aircraft, identified as a CH-4 reconnaissance and combat drone, was intercepted and brought down while carrying out hostile operations in Yemeni airspace.
He added that the drone was destroyed using an appropriate weapon, marking the fourth aircraft of this type to be shot down since the latest escalation began.
Meanwhile, a Yemeni military source warned Saudi citizens, workers and personnel operating near facilities designated as targets by the Yemeni Armed Forces to stay away from those locations to avoid endangering their lives.
Speaking to the official Saba news agency, the source also urged companies from countries not participating in the war against Yemen to disclose the locations of their investments in Saudi Arabia so they could be spared from attacks.
The source further said that companies that had expressed their willingness to withdraw from Saudi Arabia and suspend their investments by notifying the relevant authorities in Sana'a would receive assistance in removing their assets, with all necessary facilities provided to facilitate their departure.
Against this backdrop, reports emerged of explosions and warning sirens across Saudi Arabia as Yemeni forces carried out retaliatory operations against targets inside the kingdom.
Al-Masirah, citing Saudi sources, reported explosions in Riyadh, while the AFP also reported hearing explosions in the Saudi capital.
Saudi media reported that warning sirens had been activated in Riyadh, while the Saudi-led coalition acknowledged a Yemeni missile attack on the capital but, as in previous incidents, claimed that the incoming missiles had been intercepted.
The Civil Defense Authority activated early-warning sirens in Khamis Mushait, while reports indicated multiple explosions in Khamis Mushait and Abha amid Yemen's retaliatory operations.
Meanwhile, the Saudi government has once again acknowledged that the kingdom’s East-West oil pipeline was targeted in a Yemeni attack.
The Saudi Energy Ministry reported that the strategic pipeline, which transports oil from the kingdom’s eastern regions to the west, had come under attack again.
The latest acknowledgment follows previous attacks on the vital oil transportation route by Yemeni forces in retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s continued military aggression and crimes against the Yemeni people.