Saudi-led coalition sets deadline for Houthi weapons withdrawal from Sanaa airport -Al Arabiya

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the tower of Sanaa airport in Sanaa, Yemen September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

(Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Saturday set the Iran-aligned group Houthis a three-hour deadline to withdraw weapons from the airport of Sanaa and from two ports on the Red Sea, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported.

Retaining weapons in the Yemeni capital's airport and the ports of Hodeidah and Saleef would "end their status" as safe regions not to be targeted by coalition air strikes, it said, without saying exactly at what time the deadline would expire.