Iran War: Houthis again attack Saudi airports with missiles

Riyadh/Sanaa. After the Houthi militia attacked the international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh, which left twelve people dead, the Yemeni rebels continued their attacks on Sunday. The Saudi aviation authority reported in the 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 militia, for its part, reported in the evening that it had carried out four attacks in Saudi Arabia in the previous 24 hours - 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.

The Houthis, who control large areas of northern Yemen, had previously threatened new attacks. Saudi airports and Saudi airspace are “legitimate destinations”, with the exception of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina for Muslims.

The allied states of the so-called R4 group, i.e. Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, jointly condemn the attacks by the Houthi militia as a “blatant violation of international law”. It is a “dangerous escalation” that cannot be justified or accepted under any pretext.

Saudi Arabia and its allies have been fighting the Shiite rebels, who are supported by Iran, in Yemen 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.