Riyadh\/Sanaa (ANTARA) \u2013 Yemen\u2019s Houthi group and the Saudi-led\ncoalition launched large-scale attacks against each other on Saturday\n(24 October).<\/p>\n
The Houthis claimed to have carried out a series of extensive missile\nand drone attacks across Saudi Arabia, while intensive air strikes by\nthe Saudi-led coalition hit Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, causing\ncasualties.<\/p>\n
Yahya Sarea, a Houthi military spokesman, said in a statement that\nthe group had launched seven missile and drone attacks targeting\nairports, oil facilities and a military base in the Saudi cities of\nRiyadh, Yanbu, Rabigh, Dammam, Najran and Khamis Mushait.<\/p>\n
Sarea said King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was attacked\nin two waves. Other strikes targeted several locations, including a\nSaudi Aramco facility in Yanbu and King Fahd International Airport in\nDammam.<\/p>\n
The Saudi-led coalition, meanwhile, announced that it had intercepted\nand destroyed several missiles launched by the Houthis towards Riyadh,\nTaif and Yanbu, as well as a drone in the Eastern Province.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Directorate of Civil Defence said debris from\ntwo intercepted missiles fell in the regions of Makkah and Madinah.<\/p>\n
The Houthis later denied targeting the two holy cities, calling such\nclaims false and unfounded.<\/p>\n
The Houthis said Saturday\u2019s attacks were launched in response to what\nthey described as 100 Saudi air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of\nYemen in the preceding 24 hours.<\/p>\n
The air strikes reportedly hit Sanaa, Yemen\u2019s Houthi-controlled\ncapital, as well as the Red Sea port city of Mocha in Taiz Province in\nsouth-western Yemen.<\/p>\n
Houthi-run Al-Masirah television reported casualties, including eight\npeople killed and more than 10 injured when air strikes hit workers\u2019\naccommodation at a cement factory in Hamdan District, Sanaa\nProvince.<\/p>\n
The attacks came as internationally recognised Yemeni government\nforces, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, intensified their \u201cDawn of\nYemen\u201d offensive against the Houthis. The group responded with missile\nand drone attacks.<\/p>\n
In a separate statement, Sarea said Houthi forces had targeted what\nhe called Saudi-backed troop deployments at Al-Nasr camp and a naval\nmilitary base in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, the seat of the\nYemeni government.<\/p>\n
A local security official told Xinhua that the Houthis had fired\nabout four ballistic missiles at the city. Some struck areas near Aden\nInternational Airport and a key military facility in Khormaksar\nDistrict, while another hit the Yemeni Coast Guard headquarters in\nAl-Tawahi District.<\/p>\n
Amid the escalating tensions, the United States Department of State\nsaid on Saturday that it had updated its travel advisories for several\nMiddle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab\nEmirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon and Israel, citing the Houthi\nthreat.<\/p>\n
Yemen has been in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized\nthe capital, Sanaa, and much of the country\u2019s north.<\/p>\n
In 2015, the Saudi-led coalition intervened in support of Yemen\u2019s\ninternationally recognised government.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/houthis-and-saudi-led-coalition-launch-large-scale-attacks-on-each-other-1792932768", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }