Houthis Launch Missile and Drone Attacks on Riyadh as Saudi-Yemen Conflict Intensifies

Yemen's Houthi movement announced missile and drone attacks targeting sites in Riyadh on Saturday, following the appearance of fire and smoke near the Saudi capital's main airport. The group also claimed a strike on a Saudi Aramco facility in Yanbu. Saudi civil defense issued and later lifted aerial attack alerts for Riyadh and Al-Kharj. The Houthis described the operation as retaliation for an attack in Sanaa, while Iran called for a negotiated end to the conflict and the UN Security Council condemned Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.

Reports of flames and a billowing column of black smoke near Riyadh's main airport preceded the Houthi statement. This latest development follows a prolonged period of escalating hostility between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, an armed faction based in Yemen that maintains links to Iran and exercises control over much of the country's northern and heavily populated territory. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree stated on Friday that the group had deflected what he characterised as unspecified acts of aggression in Sanaa, holding Saudi Arabia accountable and pledging a retaliatory response. On Friday, the UN Security Council adopted a formal censure directed at the Houthi movement over its repeated missile and drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, including strikes on civilian populations and energy facilities, as well as the group's continued armed operations inside Yemen.

Houthis Launch Missile and Drone Attacks on Riyadh as Saudi-Yemen Conflict Intensifies

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