
The Houthis announce the targeting of Riyadh Airport and Aden Airport with ballistic missiles and drones, and Washington and the coalition intercept attacks, amid a widespread military escalation in Yemen.
The Houthi group announced the targeting of Riyadh and Aden airports with missiles and drones, while the Yemeni Ministry of Transport canceled the landing of a flight coming from Cairo, amid a widespread military escalation and battles around Bab al-Mandab.
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The Yemeni fronts are witnessing a massive military escalation and mutual attacks between the Houthis and government forces supported by Saudi Arabia.
On Wednesday, the Ansar Allah Houthi group announced that it had targeted Riyadh Airport with a ballistic missile, after Saudi Arabia announced that it had intercepted a missile north of the capital.
The Houthi spokesman said, via the X platform: “Our armed forces (..) were able to target King Khalid Airport in Riyadh with a number of drones (..) which led to the disruption of navigation at the airport.”
The Saudi authorities did not publicly confirm attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, although the “Flight Radar 24” website, which specializes in tracking air traffic, indicated temporary and repeated closures of the airport’s airspace.
The targeting came less than an hour after the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that a missile launch pad was being tracked by a coalition system in the sky of the capital, Sanaa.
The coalition had previously announced "the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis at Riyadh."
Meanwhile, two missiles fired by the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport in southern Yemen, according to what was reported by the media office of the Aden Security Authority, indicating that no casualties were recorded as a result of the attack.
The Yemeni Ministry of Transport stated that one of the two missiles landed "near the airport runway a few minutes before the landing of a flight... coming from the Egyptian capital, Cairo."
She added: “The competent authorities were forced to take urgent and decisive measures to protect lives, which included canceling the landing of the Yemeni (Airways) plane coming from Cairo and changing its course to Jeddah.” A reference was also added to the evacuation of two planes that were on the airport runway.
On the other hand, the military spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, announced that “Saudi military supplies that arrived at Badr camp near Aden International Airport” were targeted using ballistic missiles, pointing out that the attack resulted in “the death and injury of a number of Saudi officers.” Sarie warned against "using Aden Civil Airport for any military purposes."
The targeting of the airport comes at a time when several Yemeni fronts are witnessing a widespread military escalation, coinciding with an attack launched by Saudi-backed government forces to reclaim areas controlled by the Houthis.
The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said that at least three people were injured in attacks targeting Jizan and Najran airports near the border with Yemen on the same day.
In another development, video recordings published by Yemeni government forces showed armored vehicles running over Houthi fighters during battles near Bab al-Mandab.
Reuters said it had verified recordings that showed vehicles hitting men, some of them armed and unarmed. The Houthis accused government forces of committing war crimes.
A spokesman for the Giants Brigades said that the brigades are conducting an investigation into the incident, while the “Homeland Shield” forces issued a directive to treat the prisoners well.
The battles continued near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, amid exchanges of accusations between government forces and the Houthis over control of various regions.
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