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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Yemen's ambassador to France Riyad Yassin Abdallah says that the Iran-backed Houthi "are thriving and surviving by creating war". Saudi Arabia's energy minister on Monday said the country had been tested but would mount a "serious" response after a string of attacks on Riyadh's international airport by Yemen's Houthis that left 18 people dead.
How exposed is Saudi Arabia? Just as Iran’s retaliation to Donald Trump’s war suddenly exposed the vulnerability of neighboring Gulf states…how much is Riyadh reeling from the escalation with Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthis? We’ll assess the physical and material damage from strikes on airports and oil facilities as well as eventual repercussions for the kingdom’s ability to project strength. In the age of cheap drone warfare, how much can a battle-hardened militia push against the region’s richest nation?
Saudi Arabia extended on Monday the closure of the international airport in Riyadh after announcing the Saudi-led coalition was responding to Houthi combined drone and missile attacks. On Saturday, another attack left 13 dead and over 300 injured. This is one of the worst disruptions to Saudi aviation in years – marking a significant escalation in the war with Yemen's Houthi rebels. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle.
US, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand among countries urging citizens to avoid travel to the kingdom.
Despite ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in June, Israeli attacks continue.
Zaporizhzhia was hit by deadly Russian airstrikes on Saturday, 10 October, killing at least 17 people, including three children, Ukrainian officials said. Rescuers searched rubble for survivors as the city faced renewed strikes on residential areas.
Fifteen people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, in a major setback for Kyiv. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians.
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has asked nationals to stay indoors as necessary, after attacks attributed to Houthi militants killed three people and disrupted flights between India and Saudi Arabia
Russia’s attacks on trains, buses and ports are paralysing Ukraine’s transport network and endangering civilians.
Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom's international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen's Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed a wave of attacks on Saudi civilian infrastructure in recent weeks, which came as Riyadh-backed forces pressed a counter-offensive against the group's territorial gains. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a look at what the Houthis aims in the conflict are.
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mark an escalation in the conflict.
Saudi authorities said Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed fighters earlier took responsibility for a flurry of attacks that included firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport as the conflict deepens with Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s government. “On Tuesday and Wednesday … Abha...
Moroccan, Algerian women killed in Abha, Sudanese national killed in Riyadh.
As Israelis mark the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, and with elections due later this month, one question keeps resurfacing: What did Benjamin Netanyahu know in the run-up to the attack? The Israeli prime minister has been accused of ignoring repeated warnings – an allegation he denies.
The parents of a 22-year-old Israeli man who was killed when Hamas attacked the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023 have told FRANCE 24 how they can still feel him surrounding them even though he's no longer here. Shira and Moshe Shapira say that time doesn't heal, but they are learning how to live with their loss. Their son Aner managed to throw seven grenades back towards Hamas fighters, before an eighth exploded in his hands, killing him. They spoke to us in Perspective.
Two missiles launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted Aden's international airport early Wednesday, with no casualties reported, as Israel prepared to mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
Saudi aviation authority reports severe injuries and damage following Houthi strikes on Jazan and Najran airports.
Official state ceremonies marking three years since the October 7 attacks are expected to take place later on Monday in Jerusalem, with Israeli officials in attendance.
Closure of bridges struck by drones in Ukrainian capital causes traffic chaos.
At least three people, including a child, have died after Russia launched another round of strikes on Kyiv and its surrounding regions overnight to Wednesday, officials said. Several people were also wounded in the attacks. In Poland, two airports, in Lublin and Rzeszow, were briefly shut over “military aviation activity” during Russian attacks on Ukraine. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
New York Times Kyiv bureau chief Andrew Kramer tells Bloomberg This Weekend that Russia and Ukraine are increasingly targeting each other’s economies as the war shifts toward attacks on energy, transportation and export infrastructure. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Kramer says Ukraine is using its expanding drone arsenal to target Russia’s oil industry and its ability to finance a prolonged war. (Source: Bloomberg)
Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and its northeast killed eight people on Thursday in attacks that included a maternity hospital and a farm, officials said. Moscow has stepped up its air war in recent months, deploying more of its faster and harder-to-stop drones while Ukraine is short of interceptors to down ballistic missiles. Two people died in the latest assault on Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in New York for the UN General...
President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for Israeli withdrawal, condemning its attacks as Syria emerges from civil war.
Yemeni group warns of further attacks on the kingdom.
Increasingly frequent and ferocious attacks on the Ukrainian capital have left many on edge.
Prosecutors said that the group worked on behalf of Russian intelligence services to carry out attacks and murders.
A senior Iraqi source points to a resistance 'splinter' group for the September attack on the East-West pipeline.