Saudi Arabia, under the leadership’s directives, provided a new batch to support the Yemeni budget with a value exceeding $59.7 million (224 million Saudi riyals), allocated to cover operational expenses and disbursement of salaries, through the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen.
The support comes within the framework of the Kingdom’s efforts to enhance economic stability in Yemen, contribute to the regularity of government financial flows, ensure the disbursement of salaries, and support the efficiency of financial policy, which contributes to pushing the economic and social development process towards a more sustainable path.
Economic support would enhance purchasing power and regular family incomes, in addition to stimulating commercial markets, at a time when Yemen faces continuing economic and financial pressures.
The value of the development and economic interventions provided by the Kingdom to Yemen exceeded $12.6 billion during the period from 2012 to 2026, which included deposits and grants to the Central Bank of Yemen, aiming to support financial and macroeconomic stability in the country.
The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen contributed to the implementation of 300 development projects and initiatives in 8 vital sectors, which included supporting infrastructure and basic services, building the capabilities of Yemeni cadres, and providing job opportunities, in a way that supports the path of sustainable development in Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen described the Houthis’ claims today (Saturday) targeting the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as misleading.
Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the coalition, told Asharq Al-Awsat, “What the Houthis are being exposed to in Taiz and the human losses of the group’s members at the hands of the heroes of the Yemeni armed forces and the popular resistance on all fronts, makes them search for imaginary victories,” explaining that behavior as “an attempt to divert attention from the extent of the losses and the growing popular anger at the behavior of the militias, and their connection to foreign agendas that have brought chaos and devastation to Yemen.”
The Iranian-backed group claimed that it targeted Riyadh, at a time when the unified Yemeni forces are fighting battles to repel the group's attempts to stabilize the positions it attacked on the West Coast.
Recent Yemeni reports indicate that the group lost about 5,000 fighters within a week, while the Yemeni armed forces are carrying out a number of air and ground military operations on the various fronts attacked by the Houthis.
Colonel Majid Al-Nuzaili, spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, announced in a statement that 257 precise targeting operations were carried out against Houthi sites, movements and military capabilities, using military aircraft, drones, artillery, missiles and launchers.
The Yemeni military spokesman said that the operations included Sanaa, Midi (northwest), and Baqim (Saada), in addition to the Al-Jawf, Ma’rib, Al-Bayda, and Lahj fronts, with the operational effort focusing on the Taiz fronts, targeting command and control centers, gatherings, concentrations, combat reserves, weapons and ammunition stores, and military supply lines and means.
According to initial field estimates, the operations resulted in the neutralization of at least 700 militia members, according to Al-Nuzaili, who explained that strategic and high-value military targets estimated at 170 combat vehicles and vehicles were destroyed. He said that this “had a direct impact on the militias’ combat ability and limited their ability to continue their attacks against civilians in their homes and villages.”
