Loud explosions were also heard in Riyadh on Monday evening, according to the news agency. There have also been reports of attacks on airports in Jazan on the Red Sea and Najran near Yemen, with three people injured, according to Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks, which the Houthis said also targeted an oil refinery. Turkey and Pakistan have announced they are immediately sending forces to Saudi Arabia, according to the defense alliance between the three countries.
The attack comes after Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces said they had regained control of the port city of Mocha and, with it, the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Houthis deny this.
More than 1,000 raids have been carried out against Houthi targets in a short period, according to the Yemeni military.
