Saudi-led coalition says destroyed more than 100 Houthi targets

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi-led coalition combating Yemen’s Houthis announced on Saturday that they had destroyed over 100 military targets in an extensive operation against the Houthi militia. The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s officially recognized government flared up in July, subsequently spreading to the neighboring nation.

Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi coalition, conveyed this information via X. Saudi Arabia successfully neutralized Houthi ballistic missiles, according to the coalition. "We successfully destroyed 136 military targets in areas under Houthi control," he stated in a subsequent post. Almasirah TV reported that Saudi missiles were aimed at regions in Yemen's northwest Saada governorate.

The Houthis have not only seized control of areas along Yemen’s Red Sea coast but have also targeted transport hubs, oil facilities, and other civilian objectives in Saudi Arabia, using drones and missiles. On Friday, Saudi Arabia reported that assaults on Riyadh International Airport resulted in three fatalities prior to the Houthis claiming strikes on the facility.

Reports suggested that two individuals perished in Saudi attacks on the airport in the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa. Both Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government forces have found it challenging to reverse the Houthis' advances, despite a counter-offensive intended to recapture territory, including the area surrounding the Bab al-Mandab strait, which is vital to global shipping.