Three killed, 36 injured in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, Riyadh says
Saudi authorities said the strikes hit two airports and forced flight disruptions as fighting intensified in Yemen and the coalition vowed retaliation.
- 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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As clashes intensified in Yemen between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces, attacks on airports in Riyadh and Abha killed three people and injured 36. The Saudi-led coalition announced it had targeted more than 80 military locations in Yemen in retaliation.
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Saudi Arabia said today that Houthi strikes on two major airports killed three people and injured dozens more, in attacks that intensified the kingdom’s renewed war against the Iranian-backed militia in Yemen.
Three people have been killed in attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia over the past two days, authorities said, as escalating fighting spread from the Yemeni border into the kingdom's interior. Two people were killed and 28 others wounded in an attack on Abha International Airport, Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Wednesday. In a separate incident, one person was killed and eight others wounded in an attack on Ki…
This is the third time this week that the Houthis, supported by Iran, claimed an attack on the airport. According to Saudi Arabia, citizens of Egypt, Algeria and Sudan died.
This is the third time this week when the Houthi, supported by Iran, are claiming an attack on this airport. Article Houthi Rebels of Yemen hit the Riyadh VIDEO airport first appears on Romania TV.
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