Saudi-led coalition intercepts a missile as fighting rages in Yemen’s al-Jawf

Houthi-affiliated media report that seven people were wounded in strikes on the city of Hodeidah.

Houthi fighters in al-Jawf, September 15, 2026 [Handout via Reuters]

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says air defences intercepted a Houthi missile, while fighting continues to rage along key fronts between the armed group and forces loyal to the internationally recognised Yemeni government.

Defences “intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile” targeting Saudi Arabia’s southern region, said coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki in a statement on Monday.

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Earlier, he said defences destroyed a drone launched toward the southern region on Sunday evening.

Also on Monday, the Saudi Civil Defence authority issued and then lifted alerts warning of “potential danger” in the city of Abha, as well as the provinces of Khamis Mushait, Taif and Najran.

The authority warned residents against “filming, publishing or sharing information” related to missile and drone attacks.

In Yemen, a media outlet affiliated with the Houthi armed group, also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for Supporters of God), reported that seven people were wounded in Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Hodeidah on the Red Sea coast.

Four people were wounded in the attacks on Ras Isa port dock, while three others suffered injuries in a strike on an oil company site in the governorate’s Bajil district, Houthi media reported.

There was no comment on the reports from the Saudi-led coalition.

A rubbish-strewn roadside in Taiz in Yemen [File: Anees Mahyoub/Reuters]

The latest clashes come as Yemeni government forces keep up their campaign to regain positions from the Iran-aligned Houthis in the strategic northern governorate of al-Jawf.

Yemeni army spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said on Sunday evening that government forces conducted 1,272 “targeting operations” against Houthi fighters, fortifications and weapons supplies over 24 hours.

Operations are ongoing in al-Jawf, neighbouring Marib and al-Bayda to the south, added al-Nazili. Government forces killed roughly 500 Houthi fighters and destroyed or disabled nearly 170 vehicles, equipment or heavy weaponry.

Al Jazeera could not independently verify the claims.

In southwest Yemen, the Houthis continue to besiege the city of Taiz, blocking the entry of food, fuel and medical supplies, in what authorities warn is a mounting humanitarian crisis.

Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan has called for urgent help for the city’s deteriorating health facilities. He said 120 health centres have stopped operating and another 66 are close to shutting down since the Houthis cut off supply routes to the city in early October.

Nour al-Din al-Mansouri, a member of the committee facilitating the work of the Taiz Siege Affairs Office, told Al Jazeera that at least 23 trucks were damaged or overturned in the past two weeks while seeking alternative routes to Taiz.

The city is Yemen’s third-largest and home to about one million of the country’s roughly 43 million people.

Full-scale fighting reignited in Yemen in September, when the Houthis made crucial gains that tightened their grip on the Red Sea coast.

Yemen’s internationally recognised government launched a campaign called Operation Dawn of Yemen last month to regain Houthi-held sites and restore government control over other territories held by the group, which seized the capital Sanaa in 2014.

据胡塞武装控制的媒体报道，荷台达市遭到袭击，造成七人受伤。

2026年9月15日，胡塞武装人员在焦夫省。[路透社供图]

沙特领导的也门联军称，防空部队拦截了一枚胡塞武装导弹，与此同时，该武装组织与效忠于国际公认的也门政府的部队之间的战斗仍在主要战线上激烈进行。

联军发言人图尔基·马利基少将在周一的一份声明中表示，防御部队“拦截并摧毁了一枚瞄准沙特阿拉伯南部地区的弹道导弹”。

联合国称，也门新战乱导致29万人流离失所，孕妇面临风险（共4条记录，此为第1条）。

联合国要求对一名工作人员在也门胡塞武装拘留期间死亡事件展开调查（共4项，此为第2项）

也门政府军在焦夫地区夺取战略要地（共4个地点，此为第3个地点）

联合国工作人员在羁押期间死亡事件（共4起）揭露了也门胡塞武装的“政治勒索”行为

此前，他表示，防御部队摧毁了周日晚间向南部地区发射的一架无人机。

同样在周一，沙特民防部门发布了针对艾卜哈市以及哈米斯穆沙伊特省、塔伊夫省和纳季兰省的“潜在危险”警报，随后又解除了警报。

当局警告居民不要“拍摄、发布或分享”与导弹和无人机袭击有关的信息。

在也门，与胡塞武装组织（又称安萨尔真主，阿拉伯语意为“真主的支持者”）有关联的一家媒体报道称，沙特领导的联军对红海沿岸的荷台达发动空袭，造成七人受伤。

据胡塞武装媒体报道，拉斯伊萨港码头遭到袭击，造成四人受伤；另有三人在省巴吉尔区一家石油公司工地遭到袭击时受伤。

沙特领导的联军方面未对这些报道发表评论。

也门塔伊兹路边垃圾遍地 [图片：Anees Mahyoub/路透社]

最新冲突发生之际，也门政府军正继续开展战役，试图从伊朗支持的胡塞武装手中夺回位于战略要地北部焦夫省的阵地。

也门军队发言人马吉德·阿卜杜拉·纳齐利上校周日晚间表示，政府军在24小时内对胡塞武装分子、防御工事和武器供应进行了1272次“目标打击行动”。

纳兹利补充说，军事行动仍在焦夫省、南部的邻近省份马里卜和贝达继续进行。政府军击毙了约500名胡塞武装分子，摧毁或使其瘫痪了近170辆车辆、装备或重型武器。

半岛电视台无法独立核实这些说法。

在也门西南部，胡塞武装继续围困塔伊兹市，阻止食品、燃料和医疗用品的进入，当局警告称，人道主义危机正在加剧。

塔伊兹省省长纳比勒·沙姆桑呼吁各方紧急援助，以改善该市日益恶化的医疗设施。他表示，自胡塞武装10月初切断该市的物资供应线以来，已有120家医疗中心停止运营，另有66家医疗中心濒临关闭。

负责协助塔伊兹围城事务办公室工作的委员会成员努尔·丁·曼苏里告诉半岛电视台，在过去两周里，至少有 23 辆卡车在寻找前往塔伊兹的替代路线时遭到损坏或翻车。

该市是也门第三大城市，拥有约100万人口，占也门总人口约4300万的近一半。

9 月，也门全面战事再次爆发，胡塞武装取得关键进展，进一步加强了对红海沿岸的控制。

也门国际公认的政府上个月发起了一场名为“也门黎明行动”的军事行动，旨在夺回胡塞武装控制的地区，并恢复政府对该组织控制的其他地区的控制权。胡塞武装于 2014 年占领了首都萨那。