DOHA, Jan 24 The United Arab Emirates considers «a dangerous precedent that threatens the lives of civilians» , shelling of the country's territory by Yemeni Houthi rebels from the Ansar Allah movement, the UAE Foreign Ministry reports. On Monday, the Houthis carried out a new shelling of Abu Dhabi a week after their drones hit the territory of the airport of this city and the infrastructure of the oil company, as a result of which two people died. According to the UAE Ministry of Defense, two ballistic missiles were intercepted in the sky over Abu Dhabi early in the morning, there were no casualties, missile fragments fell in different parts of the emirate. The Houthis said they were aiming at the UAE's main military base, Ed Dhafra, 35 kilometers from the country's capital, where at least 3,500 US troops are also deployed. and this attack will not go unanswered. This attack is a dangerous development and a cowardly act that threatens the safety and lives of civilians,» the UAE ministry's Twitter account said in a statement. in light of the threat of the Houthis. In turn, the Houthis threatened to carry out further strikes on important military and economic targets in the UAE until they stop bombing northern Yemen. ban on drones
