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RIYADH — The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen carried out several air strikes on Houthi targets in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Thursday after the Iranian-aligned militants claimed responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil installations. A coalition statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency said the air strikes were against a number of legitimate military targets, which military intelligence confirmed were military bases and facilities used by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias for weapons and ammunition storage. "The air operations achieved their objectives," statement added. The coalition stressed that the attacks by the Iranian-backed...

The suspension of British Airways flights to Saudi Arabia yesterday, following "credible intelligence of a serious threat", is an ominous indication of al-Qa'eda's undiminished capacity to threaten Western global interests. BA had only recently recommenced flights to Nairobi after a similar threat. After the terrorist attack on a Western compound in Riyadh last May, the writing was on the wall for British visitors to Saudi Arabia. There is speculation about a link between the latest BA suspension and the arrest in New York of a British arms dealer allegedly involved in the sale of ground-to-air missiles to terrorists. It is...