Yemen fighting expands as Houthis attack Saudi airport: What to know
Saudi coalition blames Houthi group for the missile attack on the main international airport in Riyadh.
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Saudi coalition blames Houthi group for the missile attack on the main international airport in Riyadh.
Aid agencies in Yemen highlighted the growing hunger emergency sparked by renewed fighting between Houthi opposition forces and Government troops, after mobile health clinics reported that hundreds of children displaced by the violence are suffering from the most deadly form of malnutrition.
Saudi Arabia vowed to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday after a strike on Riyadh’s international airport killed a dozen people and wounded more than 300, marking the kingdom's deadliest strike in a decade.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned airlines, airport staff and travellers against using Saudi airports after a strike on Riyadh killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300. The attack drew international condemnation as Saudi Arabia threatened retaliation. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
Medical services in Taiz risk shutting down as fuel, medicines, and supplies run alarmingly low under Houthi blockade.
Trump denounces 'terrible' attack and says the US is evaluating whether to join Saudi Arabia's offensive on the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia has confirmed at least 12 people were killed and more than 300 injured after Houthi fighters struck Riyadh.
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport has already been targeted multiple times this week amid intensified fighting between Yemen-based Houthi rebels and a Saudi-backed coalition.
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport has already been targeted multiple times this week amid intensified fighting between Yemen-based Houthi rebels and a Saudi-backed coalition.
Saudi and US officials blame the attack on Yemen's Houthis, who have not commented on the latest strike.
Fighting is intensifying between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebel group.
Houthi advances and the closure of vital roads into Taiz have triggered shortages, reviving memories of earlier siege.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen's internationally recognised gov't urge UN Security Council action amid Houthi escalation.
Saudi Arabia and its allied forces in Yemen vowed a "firm response" to Houthi attacks that target civilians. The kingdom's authorities said three Saudi nationals were killed in Thursday's attack on Riyadh airport.
Saudi Arabia has seen several attacks by the Houthis in recent days, with airports appearing to be the primary target.
Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict. The strikes, which also injured several people, damaged a Saudia Airlines plane and sent smoke billowing over the airport, led many airlines to cancel flights to the Saudi capital days before it is due to host a major meeting of global oil chiefs.
The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which Yemeni government forces are trying to take back from the Houthis, is located not far from Djibouti and other African states.
The latest escalation in the Middle East is taking place just a few kilometers off the coast of Africa, at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Djibouti and its neighbors are particularly exposed.
Saudi Arabia says two of the missiles intercepted were headed towards the capital, Riyadh.