Houthis strike southern Saudi Arabia as Riyadh airport begins reopening
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Yemen’s Houthis launched a series of attacks across southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday as King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh prepared to resume flights after a two-week closure prompted by repeated strikes.
The Saudi-led military coalition said its air defenses intercepted at least 10 ballistic missiles during the day. It also reported intercepting a ballistic missile and two drones near Riyadh and a cruise missile aimed at the southern city of Khamis Mushait. Attack alerts were issued in several southern areas, including Abha, Taif, Namas and Jazan.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree renewed a warning to airlines, airport employees and travelers not to use King Khalid airport, calling it unsafe and a “military target.” The airport had announced that terminals 1 and 2 would handle domestic and international flights from Sunday, although the extent of resumed operations was unclear.
The airport was among several Saudi sites the Houthis said they had targeted in recent weeks. An attack there earlier in October killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, according to reports cited by CNA and Dawn.
The latest attacks followed renewed fighting after a years-long truce in Yemen broke down. Earlier in the week, the Saudi-led coalition struck the Yemen Petroleum Company’s Al-Sabaha fuel facility near Houthi-controlled Sanaa. The Houthis have said their strikes on Saudi airports, energy facilities and military sites are responses to Saudi attacks in Yemen.
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