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Saudi Arabia says 2 airports hit in renewed fighting with Houthis
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Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said airports in Najran and Jizan were hit Monday, damaging both facilities and leaving three people lightly injured; the statement did not say who was responsible. A Houthi brigadier general said the group fired toward a third airport on Tuesday. Pakistan’s defense minister said Pakistan and Turkey have been supporting Saudi Arabia as a trilateral security pact signed earlier this year faces its first test.
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Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said airports in the cities of Najran and Jizan were hit on Monday, damaging both facilities and leaving three people lightly injured. The statement did not say who was responsible, but it followed an announcement by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels that they had fired missiles and drones at the kingdom. [ 1 , 2 ]
Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a statement on Tuesday that the group had fired toward a third airport on Tuesday. The Associated Press said it could not confirm whether the Houthis had hit Abha International Airport, and Saudi authorities did not immediately comment. [ 2 ]
Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen’s internationally recognized government have launched a military campaign to reclaim Houthi-controlled territory near the southern tip of the Red Sea to prevent disruptions to oil being exported out of the region. [ 2 ]
Separately, an outbound tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an “unknown projectile” on Monday, the British military said in a late report Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or environmental impact. Even as Iran has lost its near-complete chokehold on the strait, the ongoing risk of Iranian attacks keeps overall ship traffic well below prewar levels, according to the report. [ 2 ]
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said his country and Turkey have been supporting Saudi Arabia in its conflict against the Houthis, as a trilateral security pact signed earlier this year faces its first test. “We are here and providing any assistance or help they need,” Asif said Monday in an interview with Geo News. [ 3 ]
The attacks come nearly three years after the Palestinian militant Hamas group’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, with conflict in the Middle East having persisted almost without interruption and spreading across the region, including to Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed two people, health officials at the city’s Shifa Hospital said, while condemning home demolitions in east Jerusalem and violence in the occupied West Bank. [ 1 , 2 ]
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The strikes mark a renewed round of open fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, and Pakistan’s and Turkey’s stated support gives the conflict a wider regional dimension. Disruption risk to shipping is also in play: a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz and traffic there remains below prewar levels, according to the British military.
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- Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said airports in the cities of Najran and Jizan were hit on Monday, damaging both facilities and leaving three people lightly injured. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The Saudi statement did not say who was responsible for the airport strikes, but it followed a Houthi announcement that the group fired missiles and drones at the kingdom. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a statement on Tuesday that the group had fired toward a third airport on Tuesday. [ 2 ]
- The Associated Press said it could not confirm whether the Houthis had hit Abha International Airport, and Saudi authorities did not immediately comment. [ 2 ]
- An outbound tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an “unknown projectile” on Monday, the British military said in a late report Tuesday. [ 2 ]
- Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said Pakistan and Turkey have been supporting Saudi Arabia in its conflict against the Houthis. [ 3 ]
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- Who was responsible for the strikes on the Najran and Jizan airports. The Saudi civil aviation statement did not name a perpetrator, and the reports only note that it followed a Houthi announcement of missile and drone attacks.
- Whether Abha International Airport was hit. The Houthis said they fired toward a third airport, but the Associated Press said it could not confirm a hit and Saudi authorities did not immediately comment.
- Who fired the projectile that struck the tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The British military described it only as an “unknown projectile,” and no group was named in the reports.
- Details of the trilateral security pact between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The pact is mentioned as signed earlier this year, but no terms, date or full parties are given in the documents.
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- The Associated Press reports that Saudi Arabia said airports in Najran and Jizan were hit Monday and that three people were lightly injured. [ 1 ]
- Further reporting adds that Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the group fired toward a third airport on Tuesday, that AP could not confirm a strike on Abha International Airport, and that an outbound tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. [ 2 ]
- Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif says Pakistan and Turkey have been supporting Saudi Arabia, describing the trilateral security pact’s first test. [ 3 ]