Houthi Rebels from Yemen Attack Two Saudi Airports
The attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia are being escalated by the Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran. The rebels launched an assault on Aden International Airport early Wednesday local time, according to Yemen’s Transport Ministry, using ballistic missiles and drones carrying explosives.
A missile landed near the runway minutes before an aircraft from Cairo was supposed to land, according to the ministry. Officials redirected the plane to Jeddah. For areas of Yemen that are not under Houthi control, the primary international gateway is Aden International Airport.
North of Riyadh, the Saudi capital, the Saudi-led coalition claimed to have destroyed a ballistic missile that had been launched by the Houthi. It threatened to destroy the missile and was monitoring the launch platform above Sanaa, a city controlled by the Houthis, but provided no information about casualties or damage.
The Houthis claimed in a statement that multiple drones were fired at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport.
The Saudi government did not immediately confirm the airport incident.The Houthis made no quick statement. The assaults occurred as hostilities escalated across various fronts in Yemen following a counteroffensive by government forces backed by Saudi Arabia against the Houthis, who had recently advanced along the country’s Red Sea coast.
Last week, Yemeni government forces, backed by air support from a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, began a rapid attack to reclaim the Red Sea coast, including the city of Mocha and the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Their goal is to drive the Houthis out of the territories they had captured last month.
According to Saudi state media, the Saudi-led coalition claimed earlier on Wednesday that it had destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile that was launched against the city of Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
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