Three killed, 36 injured in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, Riyadh says
- On Tuesday and Wednesday, Houthi attacks on Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport killed three civilians and injured 36, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation reported.
- Fighting between Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces intensified after the civil war re-erupted in July, prompting a counteroffensive to recapture strategic territory along the Red Sea.
- Separately, the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and drones on Wednesday, forcing authorities to divert a Cairo flight as a missile landed near the runway.
- A Saudi-led coalition vowed retaliation, stating the attacks "will not go unpunished," and subsequently struck more than 80 Houthi military sites across Saada, Hodeidah, Jawf, and Marib.
- The conflict has displaced more than 200,000 people, with IOM Director General Amy Pope warning that many are "running for their lives and finding nowhere safe to go.
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The Yemeni rebels claimed three strikes at the Saudi capital airport on Thursday, an episode of unprecedented violence in eight months of war.
"Our armed forces have targeted this evening the King Khalid airport in Riad with two cruise missiles, the Najran airport with a ballistic missile, and the air base in Khamis Mushait with a ballistic missile, and the shots were accurate and direct, ... (ANSA)
The representative of the Ansar Allah (Hushita) movement, Yahya Sari, announced on Thursday that a missile attack had been launched at the airport of Saudi Arabia's capital, Al-Riyadu, at the Khamis Moushate airbase and at Najran airport in the south-west of the Kingdom.
Houthis Attack Two Saudi Airports, Killing Three
Three people have been killed and 36 wounded after attacks hit two major Saudi airports. As Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for launching missiles and drones at the transport hubs. Saudi authorities said an Egyptian and an Algerian national died at Abha International Airport. A Sudanese national was killed at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.… Continue reading Houthis Attack Two Saudi Airports, Killing Three
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