Asiri did not rule out future airstrikes, and said that Saudi ground and naval forces would continue to guard the kingdom’s border with Yemen and seize all shipments to the Iran-backed rebels.

He said the next phase of the campaign — Operation Restoring Hope — would combine political, diplomatic and military actions aimed at rebuilding Yemen and stopping the rebels.

In a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom’s defense ministry said the air attacks had “removed threats to Saudi Arabia’s security and that of neighboring countries” by “destroying heavy weaponry and ballistic missiles which were seized by the Houthi militia.”