Houthis claim missile and drone attacks on Saudi airport, oil facilities and National Guard camp

Yemen's Houthi movement said on Saturday it launched six coordinated attacks against Saudi Arabia, targeting a National Guard camp in Najran, Aramco oil installations in Riyadh and Khurais, Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and other military and energy sites. The group said the operations used ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones and were intended as retaliation for Saudi airstrikes on the Al-Hadara market in Taiz province, which the Houthis said caused dozens of civilian casualties.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree posted on X that the strikes on the airport, oil storage tanks and an Aramco distillation tower in Riyadh, as well as facilities in Khurais and a pumping station in Dawadmi, achieved their objectives. He also said the attacks hit Saudi troop concentrations at the Najran National Guard camp and military positions in Al-Jawf, resulting in several casualties.

Saudi authorities have not confirmed the attacks or the extent of any damage. The Saudi Civil Defense issued an alert about a possible threat in Najran, later stating the danger had passed.

Earlier in the day, airstrikes hit a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30, according to a spokesman for the Houthi-run Health Ministry, which attributed the strikes to Saudi forces. The claims have not been independently verified.

The incidents occur amid an escalating conflict between the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who control Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, and Saudi-backed forces in the south and east, following the collapse of a years-long truce.