Follow-Up: Houthis Strike Saudi Targets Seven Times on October 24; Riyadh Airport Partially Reopens on October 25 Amid Fresh Warning
Yemen's Houthi movement said on October 24 that it used missiles and drones to carry out seven attacks on targets inside Saudi Arabia, in response to Saudi strikes on Houthi-controlled areas over the previous 24 hours. On the same day, Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, closed for two weeks, announced it would partially resume operations on October 25 — and the Houthis warned on October 25 that the airport remains a military target and that flights, airport staff and passengers should avoid it.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement carried by the movement's Al-Masirah television that the targets included airports, oil facilities and military bases in Riyadh, Yanbu, Rabigh, Dammam and Khamis Mushait. According to China Central Television, the listed targets included King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Najran Airport, the Khamis Mushait air base, and Saudi Aramco refineries, crude pumping stations and the East-West crude pipeline. Saree said Saudi Arabia had carried out about 100 airstrikes on Houthi-controlled areas in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total since the latest escalation to 3,123 air and missile strikes.
Saudi authorities reported interceptions. According to CCTV, a Saudi civil defense spokesman said on October 24 that Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Mecca and Medina were intercepted. The Houthis denied targeting the two holy cities, saying their targets were Saudi oil facilities and military bases, and said they would keep striking targets inside Saudi Arabia until Saudi military operations against Yemen stop and the blockade is lifted. Reuters reported that the Houthis warned again on October 25 against using Riyadh airport.
Al-Masirah reported on October 24 that the Saudi-led coalition had launched heavy airstrikes on Houthi-controlled areas: a house in Sanaa was hit, killing at least four people and injuring several others; a cement factory workers' dormitory in Hamdan, Sanaa governorate, was hit, killing at least eight people, including women and children, and injuring more than ten; and a family home in Al-Tuhayta, Hodeida governorate, was hit, killing a family of five. Saree said in a separate social media statement the same day that the Houthis had attacked the Nasr barracks and a naval base in Aden, the southern port city, saying Saudi officers were planning an offensive there.
King Khalid International Airport has been hit repeatedly in the latest round of Saudi-Houthi conflict. Its worst attack, on October 10, killed 13 people and injured more than 300, the deadliest attack on Saudi Arabia in more than a decade, after which the airport closed. The airport announced on the evening of October 24 that Terminals 1 and 2 would resume operations on October 25, for domestic and international flights respectively; the airport has five passenger terminals. The Houthis said on October 25 that operations against the airport would not stop; Saudi Arabia had not responded to the threat. GSM reported on October 23 that the Houthis had attacked Saudi Arabia four times in 48 hours; the seven attacks on October 24 mark the latest escalation in the exchange.
Source: GSM·USA
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 利雅得哈立德国王国际机场1号航站楼（Kayhan ERTUGRUL 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0） King Khalid International Airport Terminal 1, Riyadh (Kayhan ERTUGRUL, CC BY-SA 3.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
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