Houthis launch missiles at Yemen's Aden airport as fighting intensifies

Two missiles fired by Houthis, who align with Iran, struck Aden's international airport in southern Yemen's port city on Wednesday morning, though there were no reported casualties, according to Aden's security department's media office. This assault follows weeks of intensified conflict following Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast and a Saudi-backed government counteroffensive that has reclaimed territories near the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait with coalition air support.

The airport serves as the primary international entry point for regions of Yemen not under Houthi control. Later on Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition announced it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi-launched ballistic missile north of Riyadh. Earlier, the coalition claimed it had neutralized another Houthi ballistic missile headed towards the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, as reported by Saudi state television.

The coalition attributed these missile threats to the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, and the governorates of Saada and Amran. In response, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV asserted that Saudi forces carried out an attack in the central governorates of Ibb and Taiz, though there was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi-led coalition.