{
  "id": 13993882,
  "title": "Saudi minister vows ‘serious response’ to Houthi attacks on airports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/saudi-minister-vows-serious-response-to-houthi-attacks-on-airports-13993882",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T15:50:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/saudi-minister-vows-serious-response-to-houthi-attacks-on-airports/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman declared a \"serious\" response to recent attacks on the kingdom's airports and oil and gas facilities by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement. The attacks resulted in fatalities and prompted closures, according to Saudi authorities. On Sunday, a Pakistani man lost his life at King Khalid International Airport in the capital, Riyadh, while a day prior, a Houthi missile strike at another terminal claimed 13 lives and forced its closure. The Houthis attributed the assaults to \"brutal Saudi aggression\" in areas they control in western Yemen. The Houthi-run health ministry reported a child being killed and six others wounded in a Saudi air strike on a residence in Sanaa, the capital. Together with Saudi-led forces, a coalition provides aerial support to Yemeni pro-government entities fighting the Houthis along the Red Sea coast and other locations. The kingdom and the Houthis have been embroiled in a conflict that commenced in 2014, when the Houthis ousted the government from Sanaa. The Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to attempt to restore the government's rule. In July, the Houthis declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia and initiated missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports, oil installations, and tankers in the Red Sea, all purportedly in retaliation for what they claim is a Saudi blockade of their ports and airports, as well as an airstrike on Sanaa airport they attribute to the kingdom. The Yemeni government attributed the airstrike to attempts to prevent an unauthorized Iranian plane from landing. Recently, the Houthis executed a swift offensive along Yemen's southwestern Red Sea coast, ousting pro-government forces from regions overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait. They claimed they posed no threat to international shipping through the waterway but vowed to continue targeting vessels from Saudi Arabia. This seizure of the strait led to a surge in global oil prices, as Saudi Arabia depended on the Red Sea for oil exports following the US and Israel's conflict with Iran, which effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf. Recently, the Yemeni government announced the beginning of a new offensive to reclaim all territories held by the Houthis. Pro-government forces reported success in reclaiming areas around Bab al-Mandab with the assistance of intense Saudi air strikes, but the Houthis disputed losing any territory.",
  "summary": "Saudi Arabia's energy minister has vowed a \"serious\" response to the deadly attacks on the kingdom's airports and oil and gas facilities by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement.",
  "key_points": [
    "Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks.",
    "Pakistani man killed at King Khalid International Airport.",
    "Houthi missile strike in Sanaa killed 13, injured six."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/saudi-minister-vows-serious-response-to-houthi-attacks-on-airports",
        "published": "2026-10-12T10:28:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}