Houthis claim 'phases' of attacks on Saudi airports, oil pipelines

In short:

Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis say they have launched attacks at Saudi airports and oil facilities.

These include airports in Riyadh, Dammam and Najran, and an air base in Khamis Mushait.

Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the reports.

Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis say they have launched attacks at Saudi airports and oil facilities, as clashes between Saudi Arabia and the militant group intensify.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Saturday that the group targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, an airport in Najran and an air base in Khamis Mushait.

He also said an Aramco facility in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery, crude oil pumping stations and the East-West Pipeline were targeted.

The Saudi-led coalition said its forces had responded to falling debris at locations near the oil sites, but did not comment directly on the Houthi statements.

The Houthis warned airlines earlier this month against using Saudi airspace, exempting only the airspace over Mecca and Medina, as they intensified attacks on the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia also said the Houthis had targeted Mecca and Medina, but the group denied the accusation.

Houthis say 17 killed in Saudi strikes on Yemen

The fresh attack claims came after the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV channel accused the kingdom of separate strikes in Yemen that killed more than a dozen people. Riyadh has not claimed the alleged strikes.

On another front of an escalating conflict reignited by the Iran war, Yemen's Saudi-backed government said the Houthis also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.

The interior ministry of the internationally recognised government said two of the Houthis' missiles had struck a coast guard headquarters, while a third hit a coast guard building in the Tawahi district.

Mr Saree said the group's forces had targeted Saudi-backed military gatherings at what he called Al-Nasr camp and a naval military base in Aden, saying Saudi officers were overseeing the mobilisation there.

There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-led coalition on that assertion.

The renewed fighting has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce that largely halted cross-border attacks between the Saudi-led coalition — which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government — and the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa.