Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed attacks on oil facilities and airports across Saudi Arabia, a naval base and a military camp in Aden, the interim seat of the internationally recognised government, after explosions were heard in the city.
The claims came as Saudi airstrikes killed 16 people in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, according to AFP, citing Houthi media.
The group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the targets included a Saudi Aramco facility in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery and airports in Riyadh, Dammam and Najran, as well as an air base in Khamis Mushait. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities, as per Reuters.
This came after a series of Houthi attacks on Aden in recent days, including a missile strike on the presidential palace complex on October 15 that killed five people and wounded 16, according to Yemeni officials. Two missiles also landed within the perimeter of Aden International Airport on October 16, according to Yemeni authorities. The missiles reportedly landed about 500 metres from a passenger aircraft preparing to depart for Cairo. Saudi Arabia leads the military coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government against the Houthis, who seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. Earlier reporting noted: Houthis attack Yemen’s Aden, say Saudi strikes kill 16 Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday (October 24, 2026) they attacked the southern city of Aden, the interim seat of the Saudi-backed government, after accusing Riyadh of killing 16 people in strikes on capital Sanaa and a Red Sea port city. Earlier reporting noted: The Saudi-led coalition said earlier on Saturday (October 24) it had intercepted two missiles targeting Saudi cities Taif and Yanbu in the kingdom’s west, before explosions were heard in Aden, the home of the government that Riyadh supports in the years-long civil war.
Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani and other government officials were unharmed in the attack, Al Jazeera reported. No casualties were reported in that incident.
The Houthis said they had targeted a Saudi military operations headquarters inside the palace complex. The Saudi strikes came shortly after the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said it intercepted two missiles fired towards Taif and Yanbu in western Saudi Arabia, as per Reuters. In September, the Houthis seized the coastal city of Mocha and advanced towards islands near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to Yemeni government sources cited by Reuters.
Earlier reporting noted: Saudi Arabia and the internationally recognised Yemeni government have come under sustained attack from the Iran-backed Houthis, shifting the focus of the wider West Asia war that erupted with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.
