Yemen’s Houthis introduced fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen’s worldwide acknowledged federal government on Saturday (October 24, 2026) after blaming the kingdom for strikes that the Iran-backed group stated eliminated 17 individuals.
Saudi Arabia and the federal government it backs in Yemen have actually come under continual attack in current weeks from the Houthis as a years-long truce broke down in the summertime, moving the focus of the larger U.S.-Iran war that emerged in February.
Over the previous 24 hours, the Yemeni fighters stated they targeted 3 Saudi airports, consisting of the global airport in capital Riyadh, energy setups, a pipeline and an air base.
Military spokesperson Yahya Saree stated the group released rockets at”King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of the Saudi opponent, in 2 stages”, the airports in Dammam in the east and Najran in the south.
The global airport on Saturday( October 24, 2026), nevertheless, stated it would resume domestic and worldwide flights”efficient Sunday”in a post on X, after it was closed following numerous fatal attacks this month.
The Houthis likewise released attacks on the southern Khamis Mushait air base along with “petroleum pumping stations and the petroleum pipeline from east to west “.
The Saudi civil defence firm stated it had actually likewise reacted to falling particles in the Mecca and Medina areas on Saturday (October 24, 2026)after obstructing 2 Houthi rockets. The Houthis rejected targeting the cities, the 2 holiest in Islam, calling the Saudi claim a”substantial lie “.
The Houthis likewise fired at the southern Yemeni city of Aden, the interim seat of the Saudi-backed federal government, stating they targeted a marine base and military camp supervised by Saudi forces.
Authorities stated the coast guard’s head office and a 2nd structure of theirs, along with Aden airport had actually been targeted.
The fresh attack claims followed the Houthis’ Al-Masirah television channel implicated the kingdom of different strikes in Yemen that eliminated more than a lots individuals. Riyadh has actually not declared duty for the supposed strikes.
The Houthi broadcaster stated a strike on a home in Sanaa eliminated a minimum of 4 individuals, another at a property structure for cement factory employees eliminated 8 and another outside the city of Hodeida eliminated 5 from the very same household.
Yemen’s civil war, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis versus the Saudi-supported and globally identified federal government, had actually been inactive given that a ceasefire in 2022, however appeared once again in July as the larger Middle East war roiled the area.
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Earlier Saturday(October 24, 2026), the Saudi-led union stated it had actually obstructed 2 rockets targeting Saudi cities Taif and Yanbu in the kingdom’s west.
Saudi Arabia’s civil defence had actually transmitted cautions of” possible risk”for 4 western areas, consisting of Taif and Yanbu in addition to Mecca, home to Islam’s holiest city.
The caution was raised minutes later on.
The group has actually likewise targeted the kingdom’s oil facilities in addition to its airports and tankers.
Yanbu is a significant oil export center on the Red Sea coast that has actually enabled Riyadh to bypass Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for much of its unrefined exports by means of the east-west pipeline.
An attack on Riyadh airport previously this month eliminated 13 individuals and required it to shut, while today the U.S. bought non-essential embassy personnel and their households to leave Saudi Arabia, mentioning the Houthi hazard.
Riyadh leads a military union that initially intervened in 2015 in the dispute, which has actually ravaged Yemen and produced among the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
The significant escalation in Yemen, with the Houthis taking control of the whole Red Sea coast in a lightning offensive last month, has actually even more destabilised the area and interrupted oil markets.
In July, a vulnerable 2022 truce broke down after the Houthis permitted an Iranian airplane to land in Yemen’s capital Sanaa in defiance of Saudi control over Yemeni airspace, triggering a wave of attacks.
The Houthis then stated a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia and started striking its ships, area and oil centers, before releasing a significant offensive in September in which they took Yemeni government-held area along the Red Sea coast.
In action, the Houthis have actually likewise reported regular Saudi strikes targeting locations under their control.
Egypt has actually recommended sending out soldiers to assist protect Saudi Arabia, while Britain and France have actually provided their forces to safeguard the Gulf kingdom.
On Saturday (October 24, 2026), the U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates and U.S. embassy in Riyadh stated Washington’s travel advisories for both Gulf nations were “upgraded to show a boost in possible armed attacks by the Iranian-supported Houthis”.
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