Houthi rebels serially attack major Saudi bases... Saudi Arabia retaliated with air strikes

Yemen's pro-Iran rebels Houthis continued their offensive targeting major cities and key facilities in Saudi Arabia on the 24th (local time).

The Saudi-led coalition launched a retaliatory airstrike on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, immediately after intercepting the rebel missile.

According to foreign media outlets such as Reuters and AFP, the Saudi-led coalition announced on this day that it had intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by Houthi rebels toward the western Saudi cities of Taif and Yanbu.

Due to the Houthi rebels' ballistic missile launch, a warning was once issued in the areas of Taif and Yanbu, Islam's holiest site in Mecca, and Saudi Arabia's second largest city, Jeddah, but was lifted about 10 minutes later.

The attack came two days after Houthi rebels claimed they had hit key Saudi infrastructure.

Previously, Houthi rebels announced that they had attacked the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh, facilities of state-owned oil company Aramco in Yanbu, and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.

Saudi authorities did not officially confirm the fact that Riyadh and Yanbu were hit, but announced that two people were killed in the attack on Dammam Airport.

An immediate counterattack by the Saudi military followed. Al-Masira Broadcasting, run by the Houthi rebels, reported that Saudi troops carried out an airstrike on a house in the Asr area, west of Yemen's capital Sanaa, which is under rebel control, killing at least four people and injuring many others.