{
  "id": 12525947,
  "title": "Houthis launch missiles at Yemen's Aden airport as fighting intensifies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/houthis-launch-missiles-at-yemens-aden-airport-as-fighting-intensifies-12525947",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:48:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910857"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis carried out a new round of strikes Wednesday, launching missiles towards Yemen's international airport, as well as the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Khamis Mushait.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Houthis launch missiles at Yemen's Aden airport as fighting intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/houthis-launch-missiles-at-yemens-aden-airport-as-fighting-intensifies",
        "published": "2026-10-07T01:46:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Houthis launch missiles at Yemen's Aden airport as fighting intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/houthis-launch-missiles-at-yemens-aden-airport-as-fighting-intensifies-12520808",
        "published": "2026-10-07T01:51:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Houthis launch missiles at Yemen’s Aden airport as fighting intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/houthis-launch-missiles-at-yemens-aden-airport-as-fighting-intensifies-12524675",
        "published": "2026-10-07T02:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "World News Today Live Updates: Houthis target Yemen’s Aden airport as with missiles as fighting escalates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/world-news-today-live-updates-houthis-target-yemens-aden-airport-as",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:03:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Yemeni transport ministry details Houthi missile attack on Aden airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/yemeni-transport-ministry-details-houthi-missile-attack-on-aden",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:30:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Saudi airports, airbase",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/yemens-houthis-claim-attacks-on-saudi-airports-airbase",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:03:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}