Houthis launch attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Aden

Houthi missiles reportedly struck a number of targets in Yemen, including Aden’s airport and a coastguard base.

Yemen's internationally recognised government said Aden Airport has been targeted by the Houthis four times this month [File: AFP]

Houthi fighters have launched a series of attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government in Aden.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, the Yemeni government’s Transport Ministry denounced what it described as the Houthis’ targeting of Aden International Airport with two ballistic missiles, calling it the “fourth such attack this month”.

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The airport attacks pose “a threat to the safety of civil aviation” and have “humanitarian and economic repercussions for citizens” who rely on it, the ministry warned.

Yemeni authorities said that the coastguard headquarters and a second building were also hit.

The Houthis claimed attacks on the al-Nasr camp and Aden’s naval military base.

Yemen’s army said a Houthi missile killed three people when it malfunctioned and fell on a family home in Houthi-held Sanaa on Friday. The army said it was one of a number of missile malfunctions seen in recent weeks by the Iran-backed group.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said on Saturday that Saudi coalition air strikes killed several civilians in Sanaa and in the port city of Hodeidah. The claim could not be verified and Riyadh has not commented on the alleged raids.

Also on Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence said on X that the Houthis had launched two ballistic missiles towards Mecca and Medina, warning of “the fall of shrapnel” following their interception.

Images shared on X by the Saudi Press Agency appeared to show a large, blackened missile-shaped object that had landed somewhere in Saudi Arabia.

Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, described the Houthi attacks as “heinous”, which embody “a blatant disregard for the lives and security of civilians” in a statement shared on Saturday.

The Houthis said the claim that they targeted the two cities – the holiest in Islam – was a “huge lie”. They said their targets were three Saudi airports, oil infrastructure, and an airbase.

The Houthis have persistently targeted Saudi energy infrastructure and airports across the country with long-range strikes since a fragile ceasefire agreed in 2022 fell apart in July.

Intense fighting is continuing on Yemen’s front lines as the Houthis battle forces of the internationally recognised government for control of key areas.

On Saturday, Yemeni army spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said that government forces had carried out more than 700 “targeting operations” over the last 24 hours across Yemen, “neutralising” 300 Houthi fighters and disabling military vehicles.

Al Jazeera could not independently verify those figures.

Operations targeted field command centres, Houthi gatherings, weapons depots, and supply lines in Taiz, where intense clashes have been ongoing for days, the spokesman added.

Houthi activists and a banner depicting Houthi missiles at an anti-Saudi rally in Sanaa, July 31, 2026 [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

据报道，胡塞武装的导弹袭击了也门的多个目标，包括亚丁机场和海岸警卫队基地。

也门国际公认的政府称，本月亚丁机场已四次遭到胡塞武装袭击。[图片：法新社]

胡塞武装对沙特阿拉伯境内的目标以及也门国际公认政府所在地亚丁发动了一系列袭击。

也门政府交通部周六在Facebook上发帖谴责胡塞武装用两枚弹道导弹袭击亚丁国际机场，称这是“本月发生的第四次此类袭击”。

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也门塔伊兹一家医院因胡塞武装围困，警告称该医院可能在数日内倒闭（列表3/3）。

该部警告称，机场袭击事件“对民用航空安全构成威胁”，并对依赖民用航空的公民造成“人道主义和经济影响”。

也门当局称，海岸警卫队总部和另一栋建筑物也遭到袭击。

胡塞武装声称对纳斯尔营地和亚丁海军基地发动了袭击。

也门军方称，周五，一枚胡塞武装发射的导弹发生故障，坠落在胡塞武装控制的首都萨那的一户民宅，造成三人死亡。军方表示，这是近几周来伊朗支持的胡塞武装发射的多枚导弹故障之一。

胡塞武装控制的马西拉电视台周六报道称，沙特联军的空袭在萨那和港口城市荷台达造成多名平民死亡。该说法尚未得到证实，利雅得方面也未对此事发表评论。

周六，沙特阿拉伯民防部门在X频道表示，胡塞武装向麦加和麦地那发射了两枚弹道导弹，并警告称，拦截导弹后可能会有“弹片落下”。

沙特通讯社在 X 上分享的图片似乎显示，一个巨大的、黑色的导弹状物体落在了沙特阿拉伯的某个地方。

海湾合作委员会秘书长贾西姆·穆罕默德·阿尔布达维在周六发表的一份声明中，将胡塞武装的袭击描述为“令人发指的”，体现了“对平民生命和安全的公然漠视”。

胡塞武装称，有关他们袭击伊斯兰教最神圣的两座城市——圣城——的说法是“弥天大谎”。他们表示，他们的目标是沙特阿拉伯的三座机场、石油基础设施和一个空军基地。

自 2022 年达成的脆弱停火协议于 7 月破裂以来，胡塞武装持续对沙特阿拉伯全国各地的能源基础设施和机场发动远程袭击。

也门前线战斗依然激烈，胡塞武装与国际公认的也门政府军为争夺关键地区的控制权而展开激战。

周六，也门军方发言人马吉德·阿卜杜拉·纳齐利上校表示，政府军在过去24小时内在也门各地开展了700多次“目标打击行动”，击毙了300名胡塞武装分子，并摧毁了军用车辆。

半岛电视台无法独立核实这些数据。

发言人补充说，军事行动的目标是塔伊兹的野战指挥中心、胡塞武装集结地、武器库和补给线，那里已经持续数日发生激烈冲突。

2026年7月31日，在萨那举行的反沙特集会上，胡塞武装人员和一幅描绘胡塞导弹的横幅。[Khaled Abdullah/路透社]