Sanaa, July 20 -- Houthi rebel leader Mahdi al-Mashat has warned that the July 13 strike on Sanaa International Airport "will not go unanswered", while announcing a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in what the Houthis called a "siege for siege" response to Riyadh's alleged blockade of Yemen.

According to Al Jazeera, al-Mashat, head of the governing body of the Houthi administration, said the strike on Sanaa International Airport had exposed Saudi Arabia as the force behind a years-long siege on the Yemeni people.

In statements carried by the Houthi-affiliated broadcaster al-Masirah, al-Mashat dismissed what he referred to as political and media manoeuvring, saying Saudi Arabia had "no option but to end the siege on the Yemeni people....