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MWL, Arab States strongly condemns terrorist attack on Jazan airport
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 09 - 10 - 2021

The Muslim World League (MWL) Secretary-General and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa has strongly condemned the terrorist attack with two bomb-laden drones on King Abdullah Airport in Jazan.
The attack was carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia, and resulted in casualties among civilians, travelers and airport employees.
He said in a statement, issued by the MWL General Secretariat, that the continued threat to the safety of civilians, travelers and civilian facilities is a dangerous escalation that is similar to a war crime.
He renewed MWL's full solidarity with Saudi Arabia in the face of these terrorist attacks, and support for the Kingdom in all the measures it takes to preserve its security and the safety of its citizens and residents on its lands.
Meanwhile, the Arab Republic of Egypt has strongly condemned the Houthi militia's continuation of its cowardly terrorist attacks on the territories of Saudi Arabia, the latest of which was the targeting of King Abdullah Airport with two bomb-laden drones, which resulted in the injury of a number of civilians and residents in the Kingdom, as well as some material losses.
In a statement issued Saturday by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt confirmed that the repeated targeting of civilian facilities and innocent civilians, including airports in the southern region of the Kingdom, by the Houthi militia is a dangerous escalation and threat to the security and stability of the Kingdom.
It also is a clear violation of the rules of international humanitarian law and a threat to the lives of travelers, the security and safety of civil aviation and the freedom of air navigation.Egypt expressed its full solidarity with Saudi Arabia in the measures it is taking to confront these despicable terrorist attacks.
In Doha, Qatar expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attempt to target King Abdullah Airport in Jazan. In a statement issued Saturday, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered targeting civilian and vital facilities as an act of sabotage that contravenes all international norms and laws.
The ministry reiterated Qatar's firm position rejecting violence, criminal and sabotage acts, and also wished the injured a speedy recovery.
The Jordanian government too denounced the periodic attacks carried by Houthi terrorist militia against the territories of Saudi Arabia, latest of which was the hostile offense against Jazan-based King Abdulla airport, injuring a number of innocents and causing material damage.
In a statement in Amman, Haitham Abulfool, spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs of Jordan, expressed, in the strongest words, his country's condemnation and denunciation of those repeated terrorist practices, targeting innocent civilians as well as the security and stability of Saudi Arabia.
He confirmed Jordan's firm stance by the side of Saudi Arabia against whatever threatens its security as well as the safety of its people, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. — SPA


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