Iran Press/Middle East: The leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Monday said: "Our missiles are capable of reaching [the Saudi capital] Riyadh," in his televised speech in Yemen’s al-Masirah television network."
Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, which defends the country against a Saudi-led invasion said the group’s missiles can possibly even be flown 'beyond Riyadh, to Dubai and [the Emirati capital] Abu Dhabi.'
The invasion, led by Saudi Arabia and participated by many of its allies, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, has been seeking to restore Yemen’s former Riyadh-backed officials since 2015.
"We are able to strongly shake the Emirati economy," al-Houthi further cautioned in his televised remarks.
Last December, the United Nations mediated talks between the Houthis and the former officials in Sweden. The negotiations led to the establishment of a ceasefire in the coastal city of al-Hudaidah, the port of entry for most of Yemen’s imports.
The Houthis have complained about the repeated violation of the deal by the invading forces and their mercenaries.
The war has also turned Yemen into the site of the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis by pushing it close to the edge of outright famine.
"It is possible to target strategic, vital, sensitive, and influential targets in the event of any escalation in al-Hudaidah," the Houthi leader warned.
The Houthis and their allied forces launch back-to-back retaliatory strikes against the southwestern Saudi regions of Jizan, Asir, and Najran.
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Last July, the combined forces fired a domestically-designed and -developed ballistic missile at a strategic economic target in Jizan in retaliation for the ongoing war. Houthi fighters also fired two ballistic missiles at a facility belonging to Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil giant in Jizan last April.
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