▲ Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels (File photo)
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed on the 8th local time that they carried out an additional ballistic missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
If the rebels' claims are true, this marks yet another airport-targeted attack following strikes on Saudi airports on the 6th and 7th that resulted in dozens of casualties.
Reuters reported that the Houthi rebels subsequently warned that all of Saudi airspace, excluding the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina, could become targets for military operations.
Earlier, Saudi civil aviation authorities stated that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha International Airport were attacked on the 6th and 7th, leaving a total of 3 people dead and 36 injured.
While the aviation authority did not mention the perpetrators or the specific nature of the attacks, Yahya Saree, a spokesperson for the Houthi rebels, claimed that the rebels fired ballistic missiles and drones toward King Khalid International Airport.
The Houthi rebels had also previously claimed that on the 5th, they attacked King Khalid International Airport, the Aramco oil facility in the western coastal city of Rabigh, Abha Airport in the southwest, the nearby King Khamis Mushayt Air Base, and military installations in the Asir, Najran, and Jizan regions.
As the Yemeni government forces and the Saudi-led coalition declared the "Dawn of Yemen" operation on the 4th to recapture Houthi-controlled territory and launched a large-scale offensive, the Houthis have continued their fierce retaliation.
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