NewzThe Saudi-led military coalition said Monday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis, after the Iran-backed group claimed a new attack on the international airport in Riyadh. The operation came a day after explosions rattled the Saudi capital and authorities sent text messages to residents warning them of a “hostile aerial threat” targeting the city. The Houthis have carried out waves of strikes on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, including an attack this month...
Authorities sent text messages to residents warning them of a "hostile aerial threat" targeting the city. Saudi-led coalition claim more attacks on Houthis The Saudi-led coalition said it carried out a military operation "aimed at neutralising sources of threat". The coalition said it destroyed five tunnels used by the Houthis to store ballistic missiles, a missile depot and four platforms used to launch ballistic missiles.
It also claimed operations targeting Houthi "fortifications, gatherings of their members, and their military equipment along the front lines inside Yemen". The Houthis have launched repeated strikes on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, including an attack this month that killed 13 people and injured more than 300. (AFP pic)RIYADH: The Saudi-led military coalition said Monday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis, after the Iran-backed group claimed a new attack on the international airport in Riyadh.The operation came a day after explosions rattled the Saudi capital and authorities sent text messages to residents warning them of a "hostile aerial threat" targeting the city.The Houthis have carried out waves of strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, including an attack this month that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade.Coalition spokesman Turki Al-Malki said on Monday that air defences "intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile" fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh, and destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Yemen's capital Sanaa."We continue the process of dismantling the ballistic missile network of the terrorist Houthi militia," Al-Malki wrote on X.Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Monday the group "successfully targeted" the airport with a ballistic missile, and struck oil pumping stations with drones."The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two qualitative military operations targeting the Saudi enemy troop concentrations and weapons depots" in the Aden and Lahj governorates in Yemen, which caused "dozens of casualties", Saree added.On Sunday, the Houthis said they had launched an attack on the airport in Riyadh, after the kingdom announced that flights had resumed.The airport closure was a major blow for Saudi Arabia, forcing the postponement of the kingdom's flagship investment conference until 2027 and disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers.The Dakar Rally also joined a growing list of events that were cancelled, postponed or relocated amid the fallout from the war.Saree had earlier warned that Riyadh airport was still "unsafe" and a "military target", and urged airlines and travellers to avoid it."The Saudi regime shall bear the consequences of any operations at the airport," the spokesman said.Saudi Arabia and the government it backs in Yemen have come under sustained attack in recent weeks from the Houthis as a years-long truce broke down in the summer, shifting t…
The Houthi group in Yemen said on Monday it had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, but there was no immediate Saudi confirmation. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said earlier it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in the capital Sanaa, including one used to fire a missile towards Riyadh that the coalition said it had intercepted. The Houthis have been firing ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi airports, ports and oil installations, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in the wider war.
Saudis say Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats Saudi Arabia said its main airport resumed operations at two terminals on Sunday even as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis vowed to keep striking the facility, which they called a "military target". King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh had halted operations on October 10 following an attack claimed by the Houthis that killed 13 people, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted another wave of missiles and drones on Sunday as fighting with the militant group continued unabated.
The Houthis said they had launched attacks on the air hub among other sites in the kingdom, including in Khamis Mushait and Jazan. It was not immediately clear if those were the strikes the kingdom said it had blocked. The conflict has become an increasingly destabilising element in the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in the wider war.
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