The key facts
- The Houthis announced six operations against Saudi Arabia and its backed forces in Yemen
- The named targets include Riyadh airport, Saudi Aramco facilities, and a National Guard camp in Najran
- The Saudi side has not confirmed the attacks; no independent information about damage has been received
Ansar Allah's statement on six operations
Yemen's Houthis announced six military operations against targets in Saudi Arabia and against forces it backs on Yemeni territory. The announcement was made by Ansar Allah spokesman Yahya Saree on his Telegram channel, as reported by Life.ru. According to him, the attacks were carried out 'using a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles.'
The named targets
The movement named King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh as its first target; at the same time, the Houthis claimed a strike on oil storage facilities and processing equipment belonging to Saudi Aramco in the Saudi capital. Next, according to their account, targets were located at the company's production facilities in the Khurais area in the east of the country, as well as at pumping station No. 8 in the Ad-Dawadmi district. In a separate operation, the movement announced an attack on a Saudi Arabian National Guard camp in Najran. Two more attacks, according to the Houthis, took place on Yemeni territory — in the Al-Jawf and Marib provinces, where their adversaries are formations backed by Riyadh.
Motivation and status of confirmations
Saree linked the operations to recent strikes on Yemeni territory, for which the Houthis hold Saudi Arabia responsible, including an attack on a market in Taiz province and strikes on residential buildings. At the time of publication, however, Saudi authorities had not confirmed the attack on Riyadh's airport, and no independent information had emerged about damage to oil facilities, casualties, or disruptions to the airport's operations. Thus, for now only the movement's own account is known.
Context: control over Red Sea shipping
Against the backdrop of the escalation, the outlet recalls that the Houthis began demanding that some shipping companies obtain approval for their routes through the Red Sea: captains of merchant vessels send the movement information about their ships, crews, and planned passage through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. To process such requests, the movement established a Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center back in 2024; after the naval blockade of Saudi ports was declared in July 2026, some carriers began turning to it for guarantees of safe passage. In certain cases, the Houthis issue permits with a limited validity period and require compliance with navigation conditions. International maritime organizations do not recommend that shipowners interact with this center, and due to security threats, some companies prefer to route around Africa, which lengthens the shipments.
