Yemen’s Houthis Say Struck Riyadh Airport, Other Saudi Sites
Pakistan and Turkey said they would deploy forces under a new defense pact as Saudi Arabia faces escalating Houthi strikes on oil and airport targets.
- On Monday, the Saudi-led coalition struck "military targets" in Hodeida on the Red Sea coast, while Houthis attacked Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, escalating the regional conflict sharply.
- Yemen's civil war has displaced more than 184,000 people since flaring back to life this year after a 2022 ceasefire collapsed in July, making it the Middle East's most active war front.
- At dawn, Yemeni forces launched more than 1,000 strikes alongside 100 coalition warplanes, while an attack Sunday halted pumping by the East-West pipeline, a key conduit for Saudi exports.
- Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey met in Riyadh on Monday, agreeing "to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces" for rapid deployment under a mutual defense pact.
- Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser warned Monday that global oil stockpiles are "scarily thin," while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed being "deeply concerned by the sharp escalation in fighting.
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Yemen’s Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites
The fighting in Yemen has become the most active front in the West Asia war in recent weeks, displacing more than 1,84,000 people, the United Nations says, and deepening the conflict that has engulfed the wider region.
The Saudi-led coalition announced strikes on Houthi rebel targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. AFP reported this on Tuesday night, adding that loud explosions shook the Saudi capital Riyadh late at night. Explosions were heard in Riyadh earlier on Monday. Fighting has escalated in Yemen between the coalition and Iran-backed rebels.
Yemen's Houthis claim striking Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites - Middle East and Africa
Iran-backed Houthis on Monday said they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an Aramco refinery and several other sites in Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed Houthi targets on the Red Sea coast.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it had struck “military targets” in the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah. The port city is located on the Red Sea coast. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki told Al-Ex that the navy had “destroyed weapons depots, facilities where mines were stored” and had “prevented a planned attack” targeting sea lanes in the southern Red Sea. Houthis report strikes Riyadh For their part, the Iran-backed Houthis said they…
The Saudi-led coalition announced strikes on Houthi rebel targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. AFP reported this on Tuesday night, adding that loud explosions shook the Saudi capital Riyadh late at night. Explosions were heard in Riyadh earlier on Monday. Fighting has escalated in Yemen between the coalition and Iran-backed rebels.
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