Three killed in attack on Riyadh airport
Three people were killed and 36 others suffered injuries of varying severity in two attacks on international airports in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said.
Three people were killed and 36 others suffered injuries of varying severity in two attacks on international airports in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said.
The U.S. embassy in Israel has warned its citizens about risks of escalation in the Middle East in the light of the recent events in Yemen.
Yemen’s rebel Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) attacked King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh once again and struck Najran Airport and an air base in Khamis Mushait, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said.
Yemeni Houthi forces struck the international airport in Riyadh with ballistic missiles, according to media reports.
Strikes were also carried out in the areas of Al-Suqayyah, Ras al-Ara, and Al-Mudaraba
Airliners have started avoiding Yemeni airspace amid the escalating situation in the country.
In the Taiz province of southwestern Yemen, armed Houthi units have seized control of the home of Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council.
According to Al Arabiya, Yemeni government forces have driven the Houthis out of the Dhubab area and cut off the radicals' supply lines.
According to representatives of the Yemeni Houthis, Saudi armed forces conducted new strikes on Yemen's capital, Sana'a, and three other provinces.
The measure took effect upon its announcement
The number of commercial vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait reached 408 after the Ansar Allah rebel movement (the Houthis) took control of adjacent areas of Yemen, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works in the Houthi-formed government said.
G7 foreign ministers have condemned what they called “unacceptable continued strikes” by Yemen’s Houthis against Saudi Arabia. …
According to Al Masirah, more than 130 missiles and shells have been fired from Saudi Arabia over the past 12 hours at populated areas in northern Yemen where Ansar Allah forces are stationed
According to media reports, US authorities rule out the possibility of direct offensive strikes against the positions of the Ansar Allah movement in northern Yemen.
China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, Reuters reported, citing three Iranian sources.
Yemen's Houthi group said on Tuesday that Saudi warplanes had carried out 52 airstrikes across five provinces over the past 24 hours, as cross-border hostilities between the two sides continued to escalate.
Saudi Arabia asked Britain for aid in both repelling the Houthis from the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and in helping defend against strikes on its oil infrastructure, Bloomberg reported.
The United States administration is maintaining direct contacts with the Yemeni rebel Houthi movement Ansar Allah after its forces took control of the strategic Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said.
A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will be mostly out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired, two regional officials said, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized more islands along Red Sea shipping routes in a new blow to Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper and his accompanying delegation in Jeddah on Monday, state news agency SPA reported.