The spokesman of the Joint Forces Command (JFC)of the Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Malkistated that following the statement issued by JFC of Coalition on Thursday (Sep18, 2019) regarding the interception and destruction of a remote-controlledbooby-trapped boat, the Coalition's Joint Forces carried out in north ofHodeidah a qualitative operation at dawn today targeting Al-Houthi terroristmilitia's hostile targets that pose a threat to regional and international security.
He explained that the destroyed targetsincluded (4) sites for the assembling and booby-trapping of remote-controlledboats as well as naval mines. These sites are used to carry out hostilities andterrorist operations that threaten maritime shipping lanes and routes andinternational trade in Bab Al-Mandab Strait and the southern Red Sea.
Colonel Al-Malki further said that Al-Houthiterrorist militia is taking the governorate of Hodeidah as headquarters forlaunching ballistic missiles, drones, booby-trapped and remote-controlledboats, as well as indiscriminately deploying naval mines, in a clear violationof international humanitarian law and in violation of the provisions ofStockholm Agreement and the ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah.
He stressed that the Coalition's Joint ForcesCommand has the legitimate right to take and implement appropriate deterrencemeasures to deal with these legitimate military goals, in accordance withinternational humanitarian law and its customary rules, while continuing tosupport all political efforts to apply Stockholm Agreement and put an end tothe coup.
