Two Saudi airports targeted on Monday as fighting with Yemen's Houthis escalates
The Saudi aviation authority said the attacks caused limited damage as government forces pressed a counteroffensive and hostilities with the Houthis escalated.
- 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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The Yemeni government camp, which has launched a counter-offensive in recent days, yet claims "wins on several fronts." Saudi Arabia also announced on Tuesday that three people had been injured the day before in Huthist strikes at airports.
Two Saudi airports targeted on Monday as fighting with Yemen’s Houthis escalates
Saudi Arabia’s airports in Jazan and Najran were targeted in two attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing limited damage, the Saudi aviation authority said, as hostilities between the kingdom and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis escalated. The attacks came as Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces pressed a major offensive to retake territory from the Houthis […]
The Saudi Aviation Authority confirmed the attack against Najran and Jazan airports.
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Three people were slightly injured in attacks on two airports in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi aviation authority reports. The airports involved are international civil aviation airports near the Saudi cities of Jizan and Najran, close to the border with Yemen.
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