Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport; Houthis claim attacks on Saudi capital
- On Saturday, Yemen's Houthi rebels launched missile and drone attacks targeting 'sensitive' sites in Riyadh and an Aramco facility in Yanbu, igniting a fuel depot fire near King Khalid International Airport.
- A 2022 truce collapsed in July after the Houthis defied Saudi control of Yemeni airspace by allowing an Iranian aircraft to land, prompting a lightning offensive along the Red Sea coast.
- FlightRadar24 reported 'major problems' at the airport, listing it under maximum disruption index of 5.0, while eyewitnesses observed a large plume of black smoke rising from burning fuel infrastructure.
- The Saudi-led coalition stated air defenses intercepted threats, while the U.S. State Department approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to help Riyadh 'deter current and future threats.'
- Renewed fighting displaced more than 112,000 people while threatening the Bab al-Mandab Strait's security, prompting the UN Security Council to condemn the 'Houthi military escalation' in a Friday statement.
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Eyewitnesses had reported on Saturday about a fire of a fuel tank at the airport of the Saudi capital Riyadh. Now the Huthi militia supported by Iran has become aware of the renewed attacks in Saudi Arabia. Since the new escalation in the Yemen war, Saudi Arabia has been repeatedly under fire from Yemen.
Yesterday, eyewitnesses saw a large column of smoke near the international airport in the Saudi Arabian capital.
The Huthi militia in Yemen reportedly attacked targets in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh as well as oil plants on the Red Sea.
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Yemen's Houthi militia said on Saturday it had launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia's capital and oil facilities, a major escalation in the renewed war between the kingdom and the Iran-backed group. The Saudis intercepted a Houthi missile fired towards Riyadh, a spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said, adding that air defenses had repelled attacks on "civilians and civilian infrastructure" in several oth…
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