The Saudi-led coalition says it has carried out a series of military operations against Houthi targets in Yemen after attacks on two Saudi airports left three people dead and dozens injured.
Coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said a missile launch site in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, was destroyed after being identified as the platform used in an attack targeting Riyadh. According to the coalition, the site was struck while preparations were under way for another launch against Saudi Arabia.
The announcement came after the Kingdom's civil aviation authority reported attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.
Saudi authorities said the two attacks resulted in three fatalities and 36 injuries.
At Abha International Airport, two women, one from Morocco and another from Algeria, were killed. Twenty-eight people were injured, including foreign nationals, with authorities saying the injuries ranged from minor to severe.
In Riyadh, a Sudanese national was killed in the attack on King Khalid International Airport. Eight others were injured, including Saudi, Egyptian and Pakistani citizens.
Officials also reported damage to airport facilities and said emergency teams were deployed immediately to secure the sites and assist passengers and staff.
Yemen's Houthi movement said it carried out the attacks using ballistic missiles and drones.
The group, which controls large parts of northern Yemen including Sana'a, has repeatedly targeted Saudi territory during the conflict, including airports, energy infrastructure and military installations.
The latest claims come following renewed escalation in fighting after a period of relative calm following the UN-brokered truce that took effect in 2022.
Saudi coalition forces later announced additional strikes against Houthi military infrastructure across several Yemeni provinces.
According to al-Maliki, the operation targeted dozens of sites in Saada, Hodeidah, Al-Jawf and Marib, including missile storage facilities, command centres, communications networks and weapons depots.
He said attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure would be met with a military response.
The Houthis have not commented on the coalition's reported strikes.
The airport attacks also coincided with a broader military campaign by forces aligned with Yemen's internationally recognised government.
The Yemeni army said more than 2,000 operations had been conducted as part of Operation Dawn of Yemen, a campaign launched this week against Houthi positions on multiple fronts.
Military spokesman Col. Majid al-Nuzaili said government forces had targeted Houthi fighters, supply routes, defensive positions and military installations, claiming that hundreds of pieces of equipment had been destroyed.
He said 1,860 Houthis had been “neutralised” during the operations but did not specify how many were killed or wounded. The figures could not be independently verified.
The new offensive forms part of a wider effort by Yemen's internationally recognised government to regain territory held by the Houthis.
Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, said the objective is to recapture the capital, Sana'a, and restore state institutions.
The Houthis have controlled the city since 2014 after seizing Sana'a and large parts of the country, a move that triggered the Saudi-led military intervention in 2015.
More than a decade later, the conflict remains one of the region's most complex and destructive wars, with diplomacy repeatedly struggling to deliver a lasting settlement.
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