Houthis claim new Riyadh airport strike as fighting intensifies in Yemen
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Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh for a second time on Monday as fighting intensified between the group and forces aligned with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the strike was carried out in response to Saudi attacks on Yemen and claimed it disrupted airport traffic. The group also said it struck a Saudi Aramco refinery, while explosions were reported in Riyadh. The country’s civil aviation authority said attacks on Jazan and Najran airports had wounded at least three people a day earlier.
The Houthis warned that Saudi airspace was a target for their operations, excluding the airspace over Mecca and Medina.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, supported by Saudi air strikes, meanwhile claimed gains in a counteroffensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. They said they had driven Houthi forces from the Bab al-Mandab area and Mocha, but government military sources stopped short of officially confirming Mocha’s capture. The Houthis denied losing the territory and said they retained control of their recent advances. The competing battlefield claims could not be independently verified.
Strikes also hit Houthi-held Sanaa, where a foam factory caught fire. Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah attributed the attack to Saudi Arabia, while Yemen’s government forces said they had struck Houthi targets in the capital and elsewhere.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs the unsupported statement about Saudi non-confirmation removed. - "Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the Houthis’ claims about the airport and refinery": The provided sources do not report that Saudi authorities declined or failed to confirm the airport and refinery claims.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Houthis claim new Riyadh airport strike as fighting intensifies in Yemen
Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh for a second time on Monday as fighting intensified between the group and forces aligned with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the strike was carried out in response to Saudi attacks on Yemen and claimed it disrupted airport traffic. The group also said it struck a Saudi Aramco refinery, while explosions were reported in Riyadh. Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the Houthis’ claims about the airport and refinery, though theThe country’s civil aviation authority said attacks on Jazan and Najran airports had wounded at least three people a day earlier.
The Houthis warned that Saudi airspace was a target for their operations, excluding the airspace over Mecca and Medina.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, supported by Saudi air strikes, meanwhile claimed gains in a counteroffensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. They said they had driven Houthi forces from the Bab al-Mandab area and Mocha, but government military sources stopped short of officially confirming Mocha’s capture. The Houthis denied losing the territory and said they retained control of their recent advances. The competing battlefield claims could not be independently verified.
Strikes also hit Houthi-held Sanaa, where a foam factory caught fire. Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah attributed the attack to Saudi Arabia, while Yemen’s government forces said they had struck Houthi targets in the capital and elsewhere.
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