In Yemen, the Houthi group Ansar Allah has once again warned airlines, airport employees and passengers not to use King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The statement came as the coalition supporting the government in Yemen announced that it had intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh area.
An Ansar Allah spokesperson said on Sunday morning that the airport is not safe and remains a ‘military target’. Earlier, the airport administration had announced that flights would resume from Sunday, 25 October, after attacks targeting the airport stopped this month.
The airport administration said on Saturday evening that from Sunday the first terminal would be used for domestic flights and the second for international flights of national airlines.
The announcement came after the Houthi group claimed on Saturday to have targeted airports, oil installations and an air base in Saudi Arabia. The group also claimed to have carried out attacks on various sites in Aden, the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
Earlier on Saturday, Houthi fighters claimed responsibility for attacks on the al-Nasr camp and a naval base in Aden. The claim came after explosions were heard in the city.
Ansar Allah’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the attacks targeted Saudi military units at both sites. According to him, Saudi officers were overseeing these units’ preparations.
Yahya Saree claimed the group carried out seven attacks with ballistic missiles and drones. According to him, these attacks targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh in two phases, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Najran Airport and the air base at Khamis Mushait.
He added that these attacks also targeted a facility of the Saudi oil company Aramco in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery, crude oil pumping stations and the oil pipeline running from the eastern to the western part of Saudi Arabia.
