{"id":2824,"date":"2026-10-17T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2026-10-17T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:03:53","slug":"missiles-hit-aden-airport-as-saudi-arabia-intercepts-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"Missiles hit Aden airport as Saudi Arabia intercepts attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missiles struck Yemen\u2019s Aden International \u200bAirport on Friday, while a Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile headed for the \u200cRed Sea city of Yanbu, a key Saudi oil hub that allows exports to avoid the Strait of Hormuz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coalition said it had also destroyed two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and three drones in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Southern and Riyadh regions. It did not identify the attackers.<\/p>\n

In Aden in \u200bsouthern Yemen, two missiles landed on the airport grounds, the Aden Security Department said, blaming the Iran-aligned Houthi group.<\/p>\n

\u200bIt said the incident was the second attack on the facility in less than a week. The \u2060Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility.<\/p>\n

No casualties were reported. A Yemenia Airways flight bound for Cairo was preparing for takeoff when \u200bthe missiles landed, the security department said.<\/p>\n

Yanbu is a key outlet for Saudi oil exports, allowing the kingdom to ship crude \u200bto international markets via the Red Sea, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The vital waterway has been largely throttled by Iran since the US and Israel launched attacks on the country in February.<\/p>\n

With regional tensions and security threats raising concerns over the safety of shipping and tighter global energy supplies, \u200bBrent crude oil briefly touched $110 a barrel<\/a> on Friday for the first time since May.<\/p>\n

Saudi Civil Defence authorities issued an alert \u200bearly on Saturday for Abha in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border before sending an all-clear.<\/p>\n

Earlier, they had issued alerts in the \u200cJazan region \u2060and the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait, where such warnings have become frequent since fighting resumed last month.<\/p>\n

Also early on Saturday, Houthi-affiliated media reported strikes east of Yemen\u2019s northwestern city of Saada.<\/p>\n

The Saudi-led coalition said it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in the area.<\/p>\n

Fighting between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen\u2019s government has raised fears of a further deterioration in the \u200bcountry\u2019s humanitarian crisis. Aid agencies have \u200bwarned that conditions are worsening \u2060rapidly.<\/p>\n

The Yemen conflict has become another front as the Iran war<\/a> has widened into a regional conflict.<\/p>\n

The Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 and forced the internationally recognised government south.<\/p>\n

A \u200bSaudi-led intervention began the following year, leading to years of stalemate before a 2022 truce that \u200bheld until this \u2060year.<\/p>\n

The Houthis have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia since the conflict reignited, targeting<\/a> airports,<\/a> oil facilities and other infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In recent days, the group has also targeted sites in government-held parts of Yemen, including Aden airport and the presidential palace in the interim capital.<\/p>\n

A \u2060spokesperson for \u200bthe Houthi-run health ministry said on Friday that 124 civilians had been killed \u200band 327 wounded in what he described as \u201cSaudi aggression\u201d since the escalation began on September 3. Reuters could not independently verify the figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missiles struck Yemen\u2019s Aden International \u200bAirport on Friday, while a Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile headed for the \u200cRed Sea city of Yanbu, a key Saudi oil hub that allows exports to avoid the Strait of Hormuz. The coalition said it had also destroyed two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and three drones in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Southern and Riyadh regions. It did not identify the attackers. In Aden in \u200bsouthern Yemen, two missiles landed on the airport grounds, the Aden Security Department said, blaming…<\/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-2824","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\/2824","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=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}