Saudi-led coalition says it struck Houthi missile facilities

Coalition says it destroyed ballistic missile launchers as well as tunnels and a depot used by the Houthis to store missiles.

People inspect damage following an air strike, reportedly carried out by Saudi Arabia, that targeted the Asr district of Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on October 24, 2026 [Mohammed Huwais/AFP]

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis has said it carried out a military operation “aimed at neutralising sources of threat”, as the armed group claimed attacks on infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on Monday its forces destroyed four ballistic missile launchers and five tunnels used by the Houthis to store missiles.

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In a post on X, he also said coalition forces attacked a missile depot, adding that the operation “focused on cutting off Houthi militia supply lines between areas under their control”.

The operation also targeted Houthi “fortifications, gatherings of their members, and their military equipment along the front lines inside Yemen”.

The Houthis – also known as Ansar Allah, Arabic for Supporters of God – have carried out a wave of strikes in recent weeks against Saudi airports and other infrastructure. This follows a major escalation in fighting in Yemen’s war, in which Saudi Arabia is supporting the internationally recognised government fighting the Houthis.

A Houthi attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid international airport this month killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, the deadliest attack on the kingdom in more than a decade.

The attacks led to the airport’s temporary closure, forcing the postponement of Saudi Arabia’s flagship investment conference until 2027 and disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers.

The airport reopened and flights resumed on Sunday with the Houthis warning travellers to avoid the facility, calling it a “military target.”

Houthis claim new attacks

The Houthis later claimed they attacked the airport “with a ballistic missile, striking the target with precision”, according to a post by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree on social media on Monday.

Al-Maliki said on Monday that Saudi air defences “intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Riyadh.”

Saree also said that the Houthis had struck oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia with drones.

In a separate statement, Saree also claimed responsibility for more ballistic missile attacks on “enemy” forces and weapons depots in Yemen.

He said the attacks targeted positions in the Salah al-Din area of Aden governorate and the al-Wahat area of Lahij governorate.

Yemen’s war reignited in the summer when the Houthis announced a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, which intervened in 2015 to lead a coalition aimed at restoring the internationally recognised government that was ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Houthis in 2014.

A 2022 truce that had halted most fighting collapsed last month, as the Houthis launched a lightning offensive, seizing much of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from government forces and also attacking Saudi energy facilities and airports.

Yemen’s government forces this month launched the “Operation Yemen Dawn” counteroffensive, aimed at recapturing territory held by the Houthis.

‘Everything is shaking’

As operations resumed at Riyadh airport, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and discussed a key air defence system.

Mitsotakis “responded favourably to the kingdom’s request to keep the Patriot system in Saudi Arabia, given the current challenging circumstances”, his office said, referring to a battery of the US-made air defence system deployed by Greece to Saudi Arabia in 2021, which protects energy infrastructure in Yanbu, on the Red Sea coast.

On Sunday, the Saudi-led military coalition said air defences intercepted at least 10 ballistic missiles.

The kingdom’s civil defence agency said two people were injured in the south by falling debris, also reporting damage to several buildings and vehicles.

Images released by the kingdom’s official press agency showed a building with part of its upper facade destroyed, exposing metal rods. Another image captured large windows shattered, with shards of glass strewn across the pavement and part of the road.

联军称，他们摧毁了弹道导弹发射器、隧道以及胡塞武装用来储存导弹的仓库。

2026年10月24日，据报道由沙特阿拉伯实施的空袭袭击了也门胡塞武装控制的首都萨那的阿斯尔区，人们正在查看空袭造成的损失。[Mohammed Huwais/AFP]

沙特阿拉伯领导的联军与也门胡塞武装作战，该联军表示，他们开展了一次“旨在消除威胁源头”的军事行动，而胡塞武装则声称对沙特阿拉伯和也门的基础设施发动了袭击。

联军发言人图尔基·马利基周一表示，联军部队摧毁了胡塞武装用于储存导弹的四个弹道导弹发射装置和五个隧道。

名单1/4：麦加条约成员国官员将在伊朗举行会谈，地区局势紧张

（共4条，此为第2条）沙特阿拉伯拦截导弹和无人机，与胡塞武装的战斗仍在继续

沙特防空部队在麦加附近拦截胡塞武装炮火的3/4

也门塔伊兹一家医院因胡塞武装围困，警告称可能在几天内倒闭（共4家医院，此为第4家）。

他在 X 上发帖称，联军袭击了一个导弹库，并补充说，此次行动“重点是切断胡塞武装在其控制区之间的补给线”。

此次行动的目标还包括胡塞武装“在也门境内前线的防御工事、成员集会地点及其军事装备”。

胡塞武装（又称安萨尔真主，阿拉伯语意为“真主的支持者”）近几周对沙特阿拉伯的机场和其他基础设施发动了一系列袭击。此前，也门战争局势急剧升级，沙特阿拉伯支持国际社会承认的也门政府与胡塞武装作战。

本月，胡塞武装袭击了利雅得的哈立德国王国际机场，造成 13 人死亡，300 多人受伤，这是十多年来沙特王国遭受的最致命的袭击。

袭击事件导致机场暂时关闭，迫使沙特阿拉伯的旗舰投资会议推迟到 2027 年举行，并扰乱了数千名乘客的出行计划。

机场于周日重新开放，航班恢复运营，但胡塞武装警告旅客避开该设施，称其为“军事目标”。

胡塞武装声称发动了新的袭击

据胡塞武装发言人叶海亚·萨里周一在社交媒体上发布的消息，胡塞武装随后声称他们“用弹道导弹袭击了机场，精确击中了目标”。

马利基周一表示，沙特防空部队“拦截并摧毁了恐怖组织胡塞武装向利雅得发射的一枚弹道导弹”。

萨里还表示，胡塞武装曾用无人机袭击沙特阿拉伯的石油泵站。

萨里在另一份声明中还声称对也门境内针对“敌方”部队和武器库的更多弹道导弹袭击负责。

他说，袭击目标是亚丁省萨拉赫丁地区和拉赫季省瓦哈特地区。

今年夏天，胡塞武装宣布对沙特阿拉伯实施海上封锁，也门战争再次爆发。沙特阿拉伯于 2015 年介入也门内战，领导一个旨在恢复国际社会承认的也门政府的联盟。该政府于 2014 年被胡塞武装赶出首都萨那。

2022 年达成的停火协议在上个月破裂，该协议一度停止了大部分战斗。胡塞武装发动闪电攻势，从政府军手中夺取了也门红海沿岸的大部分地区，并袭击了沙特阿拉伯的能源设施和机场。

也门政府军本月发动了“也门黎明行动”反攻，旨在夺回胡塞武装控制的领土。

“一切都在摇晃”

随着利雅得机场恢复运营，希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯会见了沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼（MBS），并讨论了一项重要的防空系统。

米佐塔基斯的办公室表示，鉴于当前充满挑战的形势，米佐塔基斯“对沙特王国提出的保留爱国者防空系统的请求做出了积极回应”。他指的是希腊于 2021 年部署到沙特阿拉伯的一套美国制造的防空系统，该系统用于保护红海沿岸延布的能源基础设施。

周日，沙特领导的军事联盟表示，防空部队拦截了至少 10 枚弹道导弹。

该国民防部门表示，南部有两人被坠落的碎片砸伤，另有多栋建筑物和车辆受损。

王国官方新闻机构发布的照片​​显示，一栋建筑的部分上层外墙被毁，露出金属杆。另一张照片显示，大窗户破碎，玻璃碎片散落在人行道和部分路面上。