Houthis strike Saudi airports, energy sites and Aden after blaming Riyadh for deadly attacks

The Houthis have intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen's internationally recognized government following the breakdown of a ceasefire that had been in place since 2022.

The Iran-supported group launched missile strikes on Saudi airports, energy facilities, and military bases, targeting key locations such as Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.

These hostilities mark a significant escalation in the conflict, aggravating regional instability and disrupting oil markets.

Diplomatic and military responses are underway, with warnings of potential further attacks by the group.

RIYADH, Oct 25 — Yemen’s Houthis launched fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government on Saturday after blaming the kingdom for strikes that the Iran-backed group said killed 17 people.

Saudi Arabia and the government it backs in Yemen have come under sustained attack in recent weeks from the Houthis as a years-long truce broke down in the summer, shifting the focus of the wider US-Iran war that erupted in February.

Over the past 24 hours, the Yemeni fighters said they targeted three Saudi airports including the international airport in capital Riyadh, energy installations, a pipeline and an air base.

Military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group launched missiles at “King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of the Saudi enemy, in two phases”, the airports in Dammam in the east and Najran in the south.

The international airport on Saturday however said it would resume domestic and international flights “effective Sunday” in a post on X, after it was closed following several deadly attacks this month.

The Houthis also launched attacks on the southern Khamis Mushait air base as well as “crude oil pumping stations and the crude oil pipeline from east to west”.

The Saudi civil defence agency said it had also responded to falling debris in the Mecca and Medina regions on Saturday after intercepting two Houthi missiles. The Houthis denied targeting the cities, the two holiest in Islam, calling the Saudi claim a “huge lie”.

The Houthis also fired at the southern Yemeni city of Aden, the interim seat of the Saudi-backed government, saying they targeted a naval base and military camp overseen by Saudi forces.

Authorities said the coast guards headquarters and a second building of theirs as well as Aden airport had been targeted.

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.

The Houthi broadcaster said a strike on a house in Sanaa killed at least four people, another at a residential building for cement factory workers killed eight and another outside the city of Hodeida killed five from the same family.

Yemen’s civil war, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against the Saudi-supported and internationally recognised government, had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider Middle East war roiled the region.

Earlier Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two missiles targeting Saudi cities Taif and Yanbu in the kingdom’s west.

Saudi Arabia’s civil defence had broadcast warnings of “potential danger” for four western regions, including Taif and Yanbu as well as Mecca, home to Islam’s holiest city.

The warning was lifted minutes later.

The group has also targeted the kingdom’s oil infrastructure as well as its airports and tankers.

Yanbu is a major oil export hub on the Red Sea coast that has allowed Riyadh to bypass Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for much of its crude exports via the east-west pipeline.

An attack on Riyadh airport earlier this month killed 13 people and forced it to shut, while this week the US ordered non-essential embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing the Houthi threat.

Riyadh leads a military coalition that first intervened in 2015 in the conflict, which has devastated Yemen and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

The dramatic escalation in Yemen, with the Houthis taking control of the entire Red Sea coast in a lightning offensive last month, has further destabilised the region and disrupted oil markets.

In July, a fragile 2022 truce fell apart after the Houthis allowed an Iranian plane to land in Yemen’s capital Sanaa in defiance of Saudi control over Yemeni airspace, setting off a spate of attacks.

The Houthis then declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia and began hitting its ships, territory and oil facilities, before launching a major offensive in September in which they seized Yemeni government-held territory along the Red Sea coast.

In response, the Houthis have also reported frequent Saudi strikes targeting areas under their control.

Egypt has suggested sending troops to help defend Saudi Arabia, while Britain and France have offered their forces to protect the Gulf kingdom.

On Saturday the US Mission to the United Arab Emirates and US embassy in Riyadh said Washington’s travel advisories for both Gulf countries were “updated to reflect an increase in potential armed attacks by the Iranian-supported Houthis”. — AFP

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自 2022 年以来一直存在的停火协议破裂后，胡塞武装加大了对沙特阿拉伯和也门国际公认政府的袭击力度。

伊朗支持的武装组织对沙特阿拉伯的机场、能源设施和军事基地发动导弹袭击，目标是利雅得的哈立德国王国际机场等重要地点。

这些敌对行动标志着冲突的显著升级，加剧了地区不稳定并扰乱了石油市场。

外交和军事应对措施正在进行中，并警告称该组织可能发动进一步袭击。

利雅得，10 月 25 日——也门胡塞武装周六对沙特阿拉伯和也门国际公认政府所在地发动了新的袭击，此前该组织指责沙特王国发动了袭击，该组织称袭击造成 17 人死亡。

沙特阿拉伯及其支持的也门政府近几周来一直受到胡塞武装的持续攻击，此前长达数年的停火协议在夏季破裂，导致今年2月爆发的更广泛的美伊战争的焦点发生转移。

过去 24 小时内，也门武装分子称他们袭击了沙特阿拉伯的三个机场，包括首都利雅得的国际机场、能源设施、一条输油管道和一个空军基地。

军方发言人叶海亚·萨里表示，该组织分两个阶段向“沙特敌人的首都利雅得的哈立德国王国际机场”、东部的达曼机场和南部的纳季兰机场发射了导弹。

不过，该国际机场周六在 X 网站上发布消息称，在本月发生数起致命袭击事件后关闭后，将于“周日起”恢复国内和国际航班。

胡塞武装还袭击了南部的哈米斯穆沙伊特空军基地以及“原油泵站和从东到西的原油管道”。

沙特民防部门表示，周六在拦截了两枚胡塞武装发射的导弹后，他们也对麦加和麦地那地区坠落的碎片做出了响应。胡塞武装否认以伊斯兰教两大圣城为袭击目标，称沙特的说法是“弥天大谎”。

胡塞武装还向也门南部城市亚丁（沙特支持的政府临时所在地）开火，称他们的目标是沙特军队监管的海军基地和军事营地。

当局称，海岸警卫队总部及其另一栋建筑以及亚丁机场都成为了袭击目标。

在胡塞武装的马西拉电视台指责沙特阿拉伯王国对也门发动袭击，造成十几人死亡之后，沙特方面又提出了新的袭击指控。利雅得方面尚未承认对这些袭击事件负责。

胡塞武装的广播员称，萨那一处民宅遭到袭击，造成至少四人死亡；水泥厂工人住宅楼遭到袭击，造成八人死亡；荷台达市郊外发生的另一起袭击事件，造成同一家庭的五人死亡。

也门内战由伊朗支持的胡塞武装与沙特阿拉伯支持且获得国际承认的也门政府交战，自 2022 年停火以来一直处于休眠状态，但随着更广泛的中东战争席卷该地区，这场内战在 7 月份再次爆发。

周六早些时候，沙特领导的联军表示，他们拦截了两枚瞄准沙特西部城市塔伊夫和延布的导弹。

沙特阿拉伯民防部门曾发布警告，称包括塔伊夫、延布以及伊斯兰教圣城麦加在内的四个西部地区存在“潜在危险”。

几分钟后，警告解除。

该组织还袭击了沙特阿拉伯的石油基础设施以及机场和油轮。

延布是红海沿岸的主要石油出口枢纽，利雅得得以绕过伊朗对霍尔木兹海峡的封锁，通过东西向管道出口大部分原油。

本月初利雅得机场遭到袭击，造成 13 人死亡，并被迫关闭。本周，美国以胡塞武装威胁为由，下令非必要的使馆工作人员及其家属离开沙特阿拉伯。

利雅得领导的军事联盟于 2015 年首次介入也门冲突，这场冲突摧毁了也门，并造成了世界上最严重的人道主义危机之一。

也门局势急剧升级，胡塞武装上个月发动闪电攻势，控制了整个红海沿岸，这进一步破坏了该地区的稳定，并扰乱了石油市场。

7 月，脆弱的 2022 年停火协议破裂，此前胡塞武装允许一架伊朗飞机降落在也门首都萨那，公然违反沙特阿拉伯对也门领空的控制，引发了一系列袭击。

随后，胡塞武装宣布对沙特阿拉伯实施海上封锁，并开始袭击其船只、领土和石油设施，之后于9月发动大规模攻势，夺取了也门政府控制的红海沿岸领土。

作为回应，胡塞武装也报告称，沙特频繁袭击其控制区。

埃及已提议派遣军队帮助沙特阿拉伯保卫家园，而英国和法国也已表示愿意派兵保护这个海湾王国。

周六，美国驻阿联酋使团和美国驻利雅得大使馆表示，华盛顿已“更新”对这两个海湾国家的旅行警告，以反映伊朗支持的胡塞武装可能发动的武装袭击增加。——法新社

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