Saudi-led forces said on Thursday they would respond harshly against Yemen’s Houthi rebels following attacks on citizens in border areas, hours after the kingdom offered a five-day humanitarian truce if the Shi’ite militia stopped fighting. Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said the Houthis had changed the situation by targeting cities in recent days, and vowed that the coalition would go after leaders of the rebel group. “The Houthis are now targeting the borders of the kingdom and the situation is that we will defend our citizens,” Asseri told Reuters, adding that 15 people were wounded in Houthi shelling on the city of Najran on Thursday evening. “Coalition forces will deliver a harsh response starting this moment, so that those who carried out this operation will pay the price,” he said earlier on Saudi state television. Asseri said Saudi-led forces would keep all […]