Bangladesh condemns KSA airport attack

Bangladesh has strongly condemned the attack carried out at Abha International Airport of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Houthis, leaving at least a civilian dead and injuring several others.

“We are concerned over the acts that undermined the security of the Kingdom. The attack will adversely affect the peace and stability in the region,” says the ministry of foreign affairs in a statement issued today.

In the statement, Bangladesh also expressed its sympathy to the innocent victims of the attack and solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to its security and remains steadfastly committed towards regional efforts for maintenance of peace and stability.

Earlier on Sunday, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they have targeted the Abha and Jizan airports in southern Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al Masirah TV reported.

“A terrorist attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militia targeted Abha airport, killing a Syrian resident and wounding seven civilians,” the Arab Coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said.

Earlier on June 12, a missile attack on the airport injured 26 civilians, including two children.

Riyadh has accused Tehran of supplying the Houthis with the weapons used in the June 12 attack on Abha airport.

The Saudi led-coalition, including the UAE, has been fighting the rebels since 2015 when the Houthis overran the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah.