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A Houthi missile landed inside the grounds of Aden International Airport on Wednesday, a source in Aden's police told AFP. The group had called on people at the airport to leave immediately, the source said, and the missile fell before that call was issued. Yemen's Transport Ministry said the Houthis targeted the airport twice with ballistic missiles.
The Taiz military axis command of Yemen's government forces said Houthi losses in Tuesday's fighting reached 98 dead and 148 wounded. Government forces also reported carrying out 744 strikes over 24 hours, and Sky News Arabia, citing Yemeni sources, said they repelled a Houthi assault from three directions on the city of Taiz in the southwest. Al Jazeera's live coverage added that the coalition intercepted two attacks targeting Riyadh.
Houthi fighters (Ansar Allah) attacked a security camp in Yemen's Shabwa governorate, killing or wounding dozens as fighting escalated. Government forces responded by shelling Houthi positions and said they have taken the initiative in the clashes.
Saudi Arabia said two pilots were killed when a reconnaissance helicopter crashed near its border with Yemen, and that six people were injured when a projectile landed in Najran. The incidents come amid escalating tensions with the Houthis, who claimed they shot down a Saudi reconnaissance aircraft. Separately, Al-Azhar called for urgent Arab and Islamic mediation to end conflicts in the region.
Yemen's information minister said two missiles fired by the Houthis landed near a Yemenia airliner preparing to take off from Aden airport on Friday. Aden police said the missiles hit the airport grounds, and reports said the plane, bound for Cairo, escaped with its passengers. Houthi-affiliated media separately reported air strikes on eastern Saada city and the Sahar district in northern Yemen.
Ground clashes and missile strikes have erupted since Monday, October 5, on fronts linking Sanaa, Aden and Riyadh, RT Arabic reported. It described the fighting as the most intense escalation in years among the Houthis, government forces and the coalition. The available report gave no details on casualties or specific targets.
BBC Arabic reported deaths and injuries in an attack by the Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, on Maashiq palace in the Yemeni city of Aden. Riyadh accused Tehran of encouraging the group. Separately, the International Monetary Fund projected that Saudi Arabia's economy will shrink 3.3% in 2026, noting that the forecast was prepared before the recent attacks on Riyadh airport.
Al-Masirah, a channel affiliated with Yemen's Houthi group, said on Tuesday that Saudi strikes hit the oil company's site west of Sanaa, shortly after the Saudi-led coalition issued an evacuation order for the facility. Sky News Arabia cited Yemeni sources reporting air raids on the capital, with the target located in the Sabaha area. No casualty figures or detailed coalition comment were available.
Yemeni government forces said they used drones to strike Houthi barracks and troop concentrations on the Marib fronts, as fighting intensified in the north. According to Al Jazeera, a coalition spokesman said a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh was intercepted and destroyed. RT Arabic, citing a coalition statement issued Monday, reported two missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait, so the accounts differ on the number of missiles and their target.
At least 139 migrants have died and 84 remain missing after an overcrowded boat sank off the coast of Djibouti late Thursday into Friday while heading to Yemen, the United Nations said on Sunday. BBC Arabic reported that the vessel was carrying about 350 people and capsized near the coastal town of Obock, and that children were among the dead.
The Saudi-led coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen said on Sunday that the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was a terrorist act amounting to a war crime. The attack killed at least 12 people and wounded hundreds, according to the report. The available material did not identify who carried it out.
The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government said late on Friday that it destroyed 136 military targets in areas controlled by the Houthi group. According to the coalition, the strikes are part of a broad operation aimed at the group's personnel and capabilities, including dismantling its missile network.
Three Saudis were reportedly killed in attacks on Riyadh airport, where an aircraft was damaged and flights were disrupted. The attacks come as strikes by the Ansar Allah group on Saudi Arabia escalate. There were also reports of an explosion near Aden airport, while military support for Riyadh is under discussion and fighting and displacement continue in Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government announced strikes on what it called Houthi military targets across several Yemeni governorates. According to Russian media reports, the coalition said the operation destroyed dozens of targets in response to attacks on Saudi territory. In its statement, it said assaults on civilians would not go unanswered.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern on Monday over a sharp escalation of fighting in Yemen. He also condemned cross-border attacks launched by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia, according to media reports.
The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government said on Monday that its naval forces carried out an operation in Hodeidah governorate, in the country's west. According to the coalition, the strike destroyed weapons depots, explosive-laden boats and sea mines, and disrupted a Houthi plan for imminent attacks on a waterway in the southern Red Sea. It said the aim was to protect navigation security around the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
Parties to the Mecca Agreement on joint defense are due to meet in Riyadh on Monday. Meanwhile, the Yemeni government has launched a military operation following attacks and territorial gains by the Houthis, according to BBC Arabic. The developments point to military action by both sides.
Yemen's internationally recognized government announced on Sunday the launch of a large-scale military operation aimed at halting recent gains by the Houthis. Al Jazeera reported that government forces dubbed it the "battle of liberation and restoring institutions," and that the prime minister said the goal is to extend state authority across the whole country. The outlet also said the coalition renewed its support for government forces.
The Houthis (Ansar Allah) said on Saturday they targeted an Aramco facility in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, calling it a response to strikes on Sanaa. Sky News Arabia said it was the second such claim in two weeks. The group's Al-Masirah channel said Saudi Arabia attacked Sanaa early Sunday, while Yemen's army said it carried out strikes on the Houthis in the capital. Yemen's government has also launched a "general mobilization"; the available reports include no independent confirmation of damage and no Saudi comment.
Yemen's government forces announced air strikes on Sanaa, Saada and Taiz, saying they targeted sites in the capital that they described as high value. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted Houthi drones and missiles launched toward southern Saudi Arabia. It also accused the Ansar Allah group of attacking the Taiba power station in Medina.
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