The Iran-backed Houthi movement said it had fired a ballistic missile at the airport and “disrupted air traffic.”
Earlier in the night, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said it had shot down a ballistic missile north of Riyadh.
Aden attacked
Saudi Arabia confirmed attacks on Abha International Airport in the southwest of the country and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Tuesday and Wednesday. Three people were killed in the attacks, two at Abha airport and one at Riyadh airport.
At the same time, intense fighting is underway between Yemeni forces and Houthi fighters around the town of Dhubab, about 50 kilometers south of the port city of Mocha.
According to government-run media in Yemen, an airport in Aden, where the internationally recognized Yemeni government is based, has also been attacked by the Houthi movement with missiles and drones.
Uncertainty over Mocha
The strategically important city, on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, has previously been captured by the Houthi movement. Yemeni government forces, in turn, claim to have retaken the city - but both sides claim to now control Mocha.
A fragile ceasefire between the Houthi movement and Yemen's internationally recognized government, which is militarily supported by Saudi Arabia, collapsed in July.
