Iran-allied Houthis attack base in southern Saudi Arabia with drones and missiles

Houthi fighters allied with Iran announced Sunday that they used drones and missiles to attack a base in southern Saudi Arabia, amid renewed fighting with Yemeni government forces.

This attack, the date of which is unknown, targeted "weapons depots, as well as command and control centers from where aggression against our nation and our people is directed, at the Sharurah military base," near the Saudi border with Yemen, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree declared in X.

Yemeni government forces backed by Riyadh said on Saturday they attacked Houthi fighters in the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha, which fell into Houthi hands after a lightning offensive.

Fighting that began in September in western Yemen has displaced 76,000 people since July, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Some 1,400 people have fled to neighboring Djibouti, the Djibouti government said.