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Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed โthree people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict. The strikes, which also injured several people, damaged a Saudia Airlines โplane and sent โsmoke billowing over the airport, led many airlines to cancel flights to the Saudi capital โ days before it is due to host a major meeting of global oil chiefs.
The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.
Bloombergโs Stuart Livingstone-Wallace discusses escalating clashes between Houthi forces and the Saudi-led coalition around the Bab el-Mandeb strait. He explains how recent Houthi strikes on key Saudi targets mark a renewed security challenge that is pushing oil prices higher. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mark an escalation in the conflict.
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Houthi strikes on two of its international airports have killed three people.
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim advances in western Taiz's mountain belt overlooking the coast.
Explosions near Aden International Airport after Yemenโs Saudi-backed gov't said two missiles were fired by the Houthis.
Houthi-run media deny the government has made advances in the Dhubab area, which overlooks the strategic Red Sea waterway.
Yemenโs internationally recognized government launched a full-scale military campaign to recapture all Houthi-held territory after weeks of escalating conflict between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace breaks down the latest developments. (Source: Bloomberg)
Flames and smoke were seen rising from a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of the kingdomโs capital Riyadh on Saturday, an AFP journalist said. The circumstances remained unclear but in recent weeks Aramco, majority-owned by the Saudi state, has come under attack from the Houthi group targeting the kingdom as part of the war in Yemen where Riyadh is backing the internationally recognised government. Aramco remains the flagship company of the Saudi economy and one of the largest...
Government forces close a key crossing connecting Houthi-held al-Houban to government-held Taiz city.
Defence chiefs from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have been meeting in Riyadh to discuss support for Saudi Arabia.
Rashad al-Alimi pledges amnesty for Houthi defectors in first speech since losing ground on the western Red Sea coast.
Fighting between Houthi and government-aligned forces forces families out of their homes in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday after warning several regions, including Mecca, of possible attacks. France said it would send military assets to help protect the Saudi oil terminal at Yanbu. The strikes came amid renewed fighting in Yemen that has killed dozens, according to sources cited by AFP.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the whole international community should take responsibility for containing the Houthi threat.
Government claims battlefield advances as diplomats attempt to put anti-Houthi fight at UN centre stage.
Saudi air strikes on Yemen's Red Sea port of Mokha killed at least six people, the Houthi-affiliated news agency Saba reported Tuesday, as Iran-backed Houthis press their offensive. The escalation comes as the US and its allies face growing pressure to protect Saudi Arabia and regional energy infrastructure, while US President Donald Trump prepares to address the UN in New York. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he has agreed to a request for 'defensive' air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets.
Saudi Arabia faces a โhumiliating dilemmaโ after the United States refused to militarily intervene to prevent the Iran-aligned Houthi militia from tightening its blockade of the kingdomโs key backup maritime trade route with Asia, according to analysts. US President Donald Trump on September 12 dismissed the Houthi seizure of Yemenโs entire Red Sea coast as a problem that โonly affects one countryโ. Iran has already blockaded the Straits of Hormuz, Saudi Arabiaโs main oil and petrochemicals...
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi pledges to defend Mecca and other Islamic holy sites.
From aboard a Djiboutian naval vessel in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, an Al Jazeera team is monitoring the situation.
The drone, intercepted on September 15 was the second Houthi attempt to target Mecca after a ballistic missile launch in July 2017, spokesperson Turki al-Malki said in a statement
Saudi-led coalition promises to respond 'firmly' to Houthi strikes on urban areas in Saudi Arabia.
Col. Wayne Sanders (Ret.) of Bloomberg Intelligence examines the role being played by Yemenโs Houthis against Iranโs Gulf state neighbors and the importance of Oman to the US in the Middle East. (Source: Bloomberg)
Mosque and homes damaged in Saudi Arabia after alleged Houthi strike