Saudi Arabia rejects threats to security, Red Sea

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it would not allow threats to its security or to navigation in the Red Sea, after Yemen's Houthis warned Riyadh against strikes on Sanaa.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree had written on X that any targeting of Sanaa would be met with what he called a “tough and painful response” in Riyadh.

The warning came after the Saudi-led coalition said it would conduct an operation in the Yemeni capital. The latest Saudi statement broadened Riyadh's stated concern to include both national security and Red Sea navigation.