An attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militia that left a civilian plane ablaze at Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport sparked international anger.
The Houthis targeted the airport in the south of the Kingdom causing the plane on the tarmac to catch fire, Al-Ekhbariya reported.
Egypt was among the first countries to condemn the attack.
The country stands with Saudi Arabia in “counteracting these criminal terrorist acts that threaten the security and stability of the Kingdom and the safety of its citizens and residents,” a foreign ministry statement said.
Houthi attacks are a clear and direct threat to regional security and stability, the statement added.
Yemen’s Minister of Information Moammar Al-Eryani said the “cowardly” attack “endangered the lives of thousands of civilian travelers of various nationalities.”
The minister added that the attack constitutes a “full-fledged war crime, and is an extension of the terrorist attacks carried out by the Houthi militia with Iranian weapons and experts that have targeted residential neighborhoods, airports, ports and energy infrastructure.”
He said the attacks re part of Iran’s agenda to destabilize security and stability in the region.
Jordan’s foreign ministry said the attack “targeted civilian facilities and put the lives of innocent civilian travelers at risk.”
The country stands with the Kingdom against such “reoccurring cowardly terrorist acts.”
Bahrain called the attack a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law,” and expressed its support for any measures taken by the Kingdom to confront “these cowardly acts that target civilians.”