• The Houthis in Yemen blame Saudi Arabia for an attack on the Sanaa airport and have responded by firing missiles at the kingdom.

Houthis say Saudi airport targeted in retaliation for strikes on Sanaa airport

Yemen’s Houthis say they struck Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport with missiles and drones in retaliation for a strike on Sanaa’s international airport.

The Yemeni government said it carried out the Sanaa strike, while the Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia and warned airlines to avoid Saudi Arabian airspace.

Houthis claim shooting down drone over Yemen’s al-Bayda province

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree says the group has shot down a China-made drone over the country’s al-Bayda province.

The statement added that the group will “resolutely confront any violation of the country’s airspace and territorial integrity”.

Yemen’s long ‘no war, no peace’ deadlock may be ending

Both Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi group began mobilizing fighters in late June.

On July 3, the first publicly announced flight between Tehran and Sanaa for more than a decade landed in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, creating new tensions.

Fighting during the next day between the two sides in western Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate killed dozens, the worst violence in four years.

Yemen’s war, now more than 10 years old, had been cold since a truce was agreed in 2022. But, with the Houthis’ main ally Iran fighting the US and bombing the Gulf, the conflict in the Middle East’s poorest country may be about to reignite, plunging Yemen back into large-scale war.