Saudi Arabia says it foiled Houthi drone attack on Abha airport

Riyadh says country’s air defences intercept and destroy a drone as Houthis say attack hit target with ‘high accuracy’.

Saudi Arabia said it foiled a Houthi drone attack on an airport on Saturday just days before the new US administration is to stop designating the Yemeni rebels as a “terror” group. Saudi air defences “intercepted and destroyed a drone rigged with explosives which had been launched by the Houthis against Abha airport” in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels said in a statement. The Houthis confirmed Saturday’s attack on the airport.