Key facts
- Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa killed at least 11 people, including six women in one incident.
- A Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's airport killed 13 people and injured over 300.
- The Riyadh airport attack was the deadliest on a Gulf country since the war with Iran started.
- The UN Security Council met on Friday to discuss the escalating conflict in Yemen.
Saudi airstrikes killed at least 11 people in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday, according to Houthi media. The Houthis’ Al-Masirah outlet reported that a series of “Saudi enemy air strikes” targeted Sanaa, including one on a house that killed at least four people and wounded several others. A separate strike at a residence building for cement factory workers killed six women.
Shortly after the strikes in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said it had intercepted two missiles targeting Saudi cities. On Sunday, a projectile hit a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, killing one person and injuring 11, according to Saudi civil aviation authorities. Air defenses also intercepted a cruise missile in the vicinity of the airport. Saudi authorities also confirmed King Fahd International Airport in Dammam had been attacked.
UN Secretary-General Mr. Guterres condemned the deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport, stating that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international law. The conflict is intensifying, raising regional security and economic risks, with over 200,000 people displaced since August.