Houthis and Yemeni government trade claims after missile attacks and airstrikes
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Yemen’s Houthis launched attacks on Saturday against targets in Aden and Saudi Arabia, while Houthi media accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out deadly airstrikes in Sanaa and Hodeidah.
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government said two ballistic missiles targeted Aden International Airport and that the coastguard headquarters and another coastguard building were hit. The Houthis said they had attacked the al-Nasr military camp and Aden’s naval base. Separately, a government military spokesman said Al-Rayyan Airport in Al Mukalla was struck by three ballistic missiles on Wednesday.
Saudi authorities said they intercepted two Houthi missiles on Saturday. Saudi civil defence identified their trajectories as towards Mecca and Medina and warned briefly about falling debris. The Houthis denied targeting the holy cities, saying they had instead aimed at three Saudi airports, oil infrastructure and an airbase. Reuters also reported that the group denied launching drones towards Medina on Wednesday.
Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said Saudi-led strikes killed at least 11 people in Sanaa and five members of one family in Hodeidah. Its reported Sanaa toll included six women and a child killed in a residential building for cement-factory workers, as well as at least four people killed when a house was struck. Those casualty reports were not independently verified, and Saudi Arabia had not commented on the alleged raids.
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