{"id":2243,"date":"2026-10-07T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:03:43","slug":"houthis-attack-aden-airport-as-fighting-intensifies-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"Houthis attack Aden airport as fighting intensifies in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones early on Wednesday, Yemen\u2019s Transport Ministry said, as fighting intensified across several fronts. In contrast, \u200bthe Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile \u200cnorth of the Saudi capital Riyadh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One missile landed near the airport runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

Authorities cancelled the landing and diverted the aircraft to \u200bJeddah, while two planes on the runway were moved away from the area \u200bover fears of further strikes, it added. There was no immediate comment \u2060from the Houthis.<\/p>\n

Aden International Airport is the main international gateway for parts of Yemen outside \u200bHouthi control.<\/p>\n

The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen\u2019s internationally recognised government said it had intercepted and \u200bdestroyed a Houthi ballistic missile north of Riyadh.<\/p>\n

It said it was tracking the launch platform over Houthi-controlled Sanaa and would destroy it, but gave no details of casualties or damage.<\/p>\n

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in \u200ba statement that the group had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with \u200bseveral drones. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of an attack on the airport.<\/p>\n

The attacks came as \u200cfighting \u2060intensified on several fronts in Yemen after Saudi-backed government forces launched a counteroffensive<\/a> against the Houthis, who have made territorial gains along the country\u2019s Red Sea coast in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Yemeni government forces, with Saudi-led coalition air support, launched a lightning offensive this week to retake the \u200bRed Sea coast around \u200bthe strategic Bab el-Mandeb \u2060Strait<\/a> and the city of Mocha, pushing the Houthis out of areas they had seized last month.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition said \u200bit had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards \u200bthe southwestern Saudi city of \u2060Khamis Mushait, Saudi state television reported.<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, Saree said the Houthis had attacked Abha International Airport and an airbase in Khamis Mushait with ballistic missiles and drones.<\/p>\n

It \u2060was not \u200bimmediately clear whether this was linked to the missile \u200bthe coalition said it had intercepted near Khamis Mushait. Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm an attack on Abha \u200bairport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones early on Wednesday, Yemen\u2019s Transport Ministry said, as fighting intensified across several fronts. In contrast, \u200bthe Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile \u200cnorth of the Saudi capital Riyadh. One missile landed near the airport runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land, the ministry said. Authorities cancelled the landing and diverted the aircraft to \u200bJeddah, while two planes on the runway were moved away from the area \u200bover…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}