Houthis launch missiles at Yemen's Aden airport as fighting intensifies
- The airport is the main international gateway serving parts of Yemen outside Houthi control
Yemen's Houthis launched missiles at Aden's international airport and Saudi Arabia, escalating conflict amidst renewed fighting and counteroffensives, though no casualties were reported at the airport.
- Houthi missile attacks on Aden's international airport.
- Saudi-led coalition intercepting Houthi ballistic missiles.
- Escalating conflict and counteroffensives in Yemen.
Two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis targeted the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday but no casualties were reported, the media office of Aden’s security department said.
The attack comes amid renewed fighting after weeks of Houthi advances along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and a Saudi-backed government counteroffensive that has recaptured areas around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait with coalition air support.
The airport is the main international gateway serving parts of Yemen outside Houthi control.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi state television reported.
The coalition said the missile threats had originated from the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa and the governorates of Saada and Amran.
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Following the coalition’s statement, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV said Saudi forces carried out a strike in an area spanning the central governorates of Ibb and Taiz. There was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi-led coalition.