Yemen’s Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites
The coalition said its naval forces destroyed Houthi weapons depots and booby-trapped boats after the group claimed strikes on Saudi oil and airport targets.
- On Monday, the Saudi-led coalition launched naval strikes hitting military targets in Hodeida, while Iran-backed Houthis struck Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and an Aramco refinery.
- Houthi attacks on Sunday halted pumping along the East-West pipeline, straining energy supplies to the Red Sea amid Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz since the wider West Asia war began.
- The Yemeni military carried out more than 1,000 strikes against Sanaa as 100 coalition warplanes flew sorties at dawn; the United Nations reports this escalation has displaced more than 184,000 people.
- Representatives of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkiye met in Riyadh and agreed "to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces" in the Kingdom under their joint defense pact.
- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned "the continued Houthi cross-border attacks" as the conflict has become the most active front in the wider West Asia war, deepening regional tensions.
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Yemen’s Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites
The fighting in Yemen has become the most active front in the West Asia war in recent weeks, displacing more than 1,84,000 people, the United Nations says, and deepening the conflict that has engulfed the wider region.
The Saudi-led coalition announced strikes on Houthi rebel targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. AFP reported this on Tuesday night, adding that loud explosions shook the Saudi capital Riyadh late at night. Explosions were heard in Riyadh earlier on Monday. Fighting has escalated in Yemen between the coalition and Iran-backed rebels.
Yemen's Houthis claim striking Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites - Middle East and Africa
Iran-backed Houthis on Monday said they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an Aramco refinery and several other sites in Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed Houthi targets on the Red Sea coast.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it had struck “military targets” in the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah. The port city is located on the Red Sea coast. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki told Al-Ex that the navy had “destroyed weapons depots, facilities where mines were stored” and had “prevented a planned attack” targeting sea lanes in the southern Red Sea. Houthis report strikes Riyadh For their part, the Iran-backed Houthis said they…
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