Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia injures 11 civilians — coalition

Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia injures 11 civilians — coalition Saudi-led coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki said that the Houthis struck civilian targets in the Najran region© AP Photo/ Amr NabilDOHA, August 7. /TASS/. Eleven people, including a woman and a four-year-old child, were injured as a result of an attack by Houthis of Qatar's Ansar Allah rebel movement on Saudi Arabia’s Najran, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki reported. "As a result of Houthi terrorist attacks on Thursday in the Najran region, 11 civilians were injured. Seven of them are Saudi Arabian citizens, including a woman and a four-year-old child who suffered second-degree burns. [The others are] one Yemeni, two Egyptians, and one Pakistani living abroad," the spokesman said in a statement on his X page. According to Al-Maliki, the Houthis struck civilian targets, violating international humanitarian law. 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