Houthis in Yemen - Saudi Arabia: Mohammed bin Salman apparently commutes between heavily fortified palaces with bunkers because of attacks

The attacks by the Houthis are currently hitting Saudi Arabia hard. Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) is apparently also affected by this. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the powerful crown prince and de facto ruler was last seen in public on Tuesday last week - donating blood. The future king therefore commutes between heavily guarded palaces in the huge desert kingdom, which are said to have bunkers. MbS will probably be accompanied by a hand-picked security team.

Meanwhile, the situation continues to escalate: After the Houthi militia attacked the international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh with twelve deaths, the Yemeni rebels continued their attacks:

The Saudi aviation authority reported on Sunday evening of an attack on the King Fahd Airport in Damman that caused damage.

There was also a new attack on King Khalid Airport, again with injuries.

The Houthis, for their part, reported that they carried out four attacks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday alone - with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. In addition to the two airports, the targets were a gas plant and an oil refinery belonging to the state oil company Aramco. The militia also stated that Saudi Arabia had carried out more than 120 air strikes on the capital Sanaa and other provinces during this time. The information could not be independently verified.

Saudi Arabia and its allies have been fighting in Yemen against Shiite rebels supported by Iran for more than ten years. This civil war, in which hundreds of thousands of deaths are expected as a result of the direct and indirect consequences of the war, flared up again in the wake of the Iran War. The USA - one of Saudi Arabia's most important allies - could also begin new military strikes in Yemen, as in 2024 and 2025.