Houthis attack Saudi airports, claiming responsibility for the strikes
Houthi forces claimed attacks on an oil facility near Riyadh in response to 50 Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen. They accused Saudi Arabia of striking Sanaa and damaging infrastructure. The Saudi-led coalition denied the attacks were credible and launched a major military response.
- The Houthis claimed their attacks were a response to 50 Saudi-led strikes on Yemen.
- Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group targeted an oil facility in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones.
- An AFP journalist observed flames and smoke at an Aramco facility south of Riyadh.
- Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV reported that Saudi enemy aircraft hit Sanaa with 26 strikes.
- The Houthis have claimed several attacks on Aramco facilities in recent months.
- Pakistan and Turkey pledged to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual defence pact.
- Saudi authorities offered no immediate confirmation of an attack on an Aramco facility.
- The Saudi-led coalition said 100 warplanes flew sorties at dawn and carried out 97 precise targeting operations against Houthi reinforcements.
- The government announced a goal of retaking all Houthi territory.
- Saudi Arabia reported intercepting multiple ballistic missiles targeting industrial and urban areas.
- The Yemeni military said it carried out more than 1,000 strikes.
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