The Houthi rebels of Yemen have claimed this Wednesday to have launched a new missile attack against King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, within the offensive campaign they are carrying out against the kingdom, whose airspace they consider “a dangerous zone”.
The military spokesperson of the movement, Yahya Sari, has indicated that a projectile “directly” hit the airport facilities, where it would have caused “significant damage”. Again, he urged airlines, workers and passengers to “avoid Saudi airspace, with the exception of that located over Mecca and Medina”, while Saudi authorities have not yet provided an official version.
Hours earlier, Sari had detailed that throughout the morning three additional military operations were carried out. The first was directed against a radar installation on the Al Qahma peninsula, an action which, according to a statement released on its Telegram channel, was carried out with the support of a drone.
“The second operation targeted a camp in Najrán. A ballistic missile managed to reach its target. The third operation took place in a command and control building of the Border Guard in Jizán. A missile has been used and deaths have been recorded,” the insurgent spokesperson said.
He also claimed responsibility for another offensive against “reinforcements of the Saudi enemy (...) through the use of six ballistic missiles that have impacted to the east of the Al Yauf governorate. The impacts were direct, leaving dozens of dead and injured, in addition to the destruction of several vehicles,” he said.
Finally, the Houthis stated that they managed to shoot down an “enemy” reconnaissance drone over the Yemeni province of Taiz, in the southwest of the country.