An Iran-backed Houthi drone targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Friday, according to the Yemeni rebel group.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that a “sensitive point” of the International Abha Airport was targeted with a Qasef-2K drone, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarei said on Twitter.

Sarei described the attack as a “legitimate response” to Saudi Arabia’s growing hostility against Houthis.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen confirmed the attack, saying in a statement that it had destroyed a drone fired by Houthi rebels toward Khamis Mushait, the Saudi-run Al Ekhbariya television channel reported.