Two Saudi airports targeted on Monday as fighting with Yemen's Houthis escalates
Saudi aviation authorities said the strikes caused limited damage as hostilities with the Iran-backed Houthis escalated, injuring 3 people.
- King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan and Najran International Airport were targeted in two separate drone and missile attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing minor material damage.
- The strikes coincide with a major ground offensive launched by Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces aimed at retaking territory from Houthi rebels, prompting intensified Saudi coalition airstrikes across Yemen.
- Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed broader responsibility for a series of coordinated operations, asserting the group also launched strikes against King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and an Aramco facility in Rabigh.
- Houthi authorities issued a formal warning advising commercial airlines that Saudi Arabian airspace—excluding pilgrimage sites in Mecca and Medina—is no longer safe and will serve as an active military operational zone.
- Saudi civil aviation authorities confirmed safety protocols and damage assessments are underway at regional facilities, while international aviation regulators have re-issued conflict zone safety advisories across the region.
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Three dead, 36 injured in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports Saudi authorities said on Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks claimed by the Iran-aligned Yemeni rebel movement Ansarallah -- also known by the name of its leaders' Houthi family -- on airports in the kingdom, as Riyadh is embroiled in fighting against the movement in Yemen, where the fighting has displaced more than 200,000 civilians.
Saudi Arabia reported that attacks on two airports by the Houthi rebels killed three people and injured 36, while the military intercepted missiles near Riyadh and destroyed a missile launch site in Yemen.
Abha International Airport, in the southwestern part of the country, and the airport in the capital Riyadh in Saudi Arabia “were targeted in attacks on their facilities,” it was announced. The post Saudi Arabia: Three deaths after attacks on its airports, including the one in Riyadh appeared first on in.gr.
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports leave 3 dead, dozens wounded
Saudi authorities said Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed fighters earlier took responsibility for a flurry of attacks that included firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport as the conflict deepens with Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s…
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