Operation to continue till goals achieved

In a late-night press conference on Thursday, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Assiri, consultant in the Office of the Minister of Defense, said: “The military operations will continue till all objectives are achieved. The main aim of the first stage of the military operations was to destroy rebel warplanes. A number of rebels, who were heading toward the Saudi borders, were killed in the raids. The ultimate aim is to restore the legitimate government of Yemen to power.”
He said there would be no negative impact on domestic airlines in the Kingdom. “The flights were suspended to the southern cities for security reasons. It was temporary.”
He said the Yemeni airspace was in Saudi control “within 15 minutes of the airstrikes.” All Saudi aircraft returned to the base safely after hitting their targets.