The Houthis announce the targeting of King Khalid Airport and the financial center in Riyadh

The Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi group said on Sunday that it targeted King Khalid International Airport and the financial center in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as well as two pumping stations on the “East-West” oil pipeline in the Kingdom. The military spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, posted on his account on the X platform that they targeted “Khalid International Airport and the Financial Center” in Riyadh “with two ballistic missiles, and the operation successfully achieved its goal.”

He also pointed out in a separate post that "the oil pumping stations No. 5 and 6 on the East-West line in the Riyadh region were targeted with two drones, and the operation successfully achieved its objectives." The "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen", led by Saudi Arabia, announced earlier on Sunday the interception and destruction of two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group towards Riyadh, and confirmed the destruction of 3 marches towards the eastern region.

The Yemeni army, affiliated with the internationally recognized government, announced, on Saturday evening, that it had carried out 723 raids and targeting operations, including 37 raids by military aircraft, 56 targeting operations by drone, 89 by launchers, and 541 by field artillery, targeting the Houthi militia’s positions, gatherings, fortifications, fire pits, vehicles, and combat means, as part of Operation “Yemen Dawn.” The official spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Colonel Majid Al-Nuzaili, confirmed in a statement that “the armed forces in Taiz, backed by the popular resistance, continue to wage confrontations against members of the Houthi militia and target its military capabilities, while being careful to spare civilians and civilian objects from the damage of operations, and to limit the targeting to legitimate military targets,” according to what was reported by the Yemeni “Saba” news agency in its version run by the internationally recognized government.