Three people have been killed in Houthi attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia, it was announced late on Wednesday.
The kingdom's General Authority of Civil Aviation said 36 others were injured in the strikes on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha International Airport in the south.
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for attacking both airports, saying drones hit the Riyadh airport while ballistic missiles and drones were used against the Abha airport and the Khamis Mushait airbase.
At Abha airport, two women, one Moroccan and one Algerian, were killed, while 28 people were injured, including Saudi citizens and people from Bangladesh and the Philippines. At King Khalid International Airport, a Sudanese person was killed and eight people were injured: five Saudi citizens, two Egyptian residents and a Pakistani resident.
The Saudi authority said the injuries ranged from minor to serious. It said the attacks caused "some material damage" that was being assessed.
The Houthis also claimed strikes on government-held areas of Yemen at dawn on Wednesday, in an escalation of attacks around airports, military positions and other infrastructure.
Saudi authorities separately reported attacks by Houthi rebels on Riyadh, Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran. The US embassy in Riyadh urged "heightened vigilance" and said the conflict could lead to flight cancellations.
In the southern Yemeni city of Aden, the Transport Ministry said two ballistic missiles and several explosive-laden drones were fired at the international airport around daybreak, forcing a Cairo-to-Aden flight to divert to Jeddah.
The ministry said one missile landed near the runway minutes before Yemenia Airways flight 603 from Cairo was due to land.
Authorities evacuated passengers and airport staff and moved two Yemenia and Aden Airways aircraft away from the danger zone, the ministry said.
The ministry said drones continued flying over Aden as authorities cleared the terminal. No casualties were reported following the attack.
The local authority in Aden described the attack as an assault on a civilian facility and its surroundings.
In a statement, the Houthi military said it had struck Saudi military supplies that had arrived at Badr camp near Aden airport with ballistic missiles.
It claimed the attack killed and wounded a number of Saudi officers at Badr camp. "We warn the enemy against using Aden civilian airport for any military purposes," the group added.
Houthi military spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saree claimed the group launched ballistic missiles and drones at three Saudi military camps in the Jazan and Asir regions.
He said the strikes killed and wounded dozens of Saudi soldiers and officers and set fire to weapons depots. None of the Houthi casualty or damage claims could be independently verified.
Explosions in Aden
Videos circulating online showed flashes and explosions near Aden International Airport, with blasts heard across parts of the city, according to local reports. Journalist Ali Al Sakani, citing sources, said CCTV footage showed ballistic missiles being launched towards Aden, reportedly from the direction of Al Oud and Al Hasha districts. He reported no casualties or damage in the city.
Houthi military spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saree separately claimed the group launched ballistic missiles and drones at three Saudi military camps in Jizan and Asir.
Brig Gen Saree said the strikes killed and wounded dozens of Saudi soldiers and officers, and set fire to weapons depots. Those casualty and damage claims could not be independently verified.
Saudi state television said the Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards Khamis Mushait, in the south-west of the kingdom. The coalition also reported intercepting Houthi missiles and drones around Khamis Mushait and Jazan, and said it continued operations against missile launch sites.
Coalition spokesman Maj Gen Turki Al Malki said on Tuesday that coalition forces had destroyed a ballistic missile launch platform in Sanaa and a missile storage facility in Saada.
The Aden attack comes amid renewed fighting after Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast and a Saudi-backed government counteroffensive supported by coalition air strikes.
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation said King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan and Najran International Airport, both near the Yemeni border, had been attacked.
Aviation tracking platform Flightradar24 said flights to and from Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport were halted for more than an hour on Wednesday morning, after being put on hold for a few hours on Tuesday. The airport's website could not be accessed for a second successive day.
Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah television later reported Saudi strikes on Ibb and Taiz. The coalition did not immediately confirm those reports.
Yemen’s Minister of Legal Affairs, Eshraq Al Maqtari, said Houthi shelling in Taiz province killed six civilians and wounded 18 others, with most of the casualties women and children.
In a post on X on Wednesday morning, Ms Al Maqtari said casualties were recorded across several districts. She said they include the deaths of a woman and child in Al Mawasit and five members of one family, including children, in Al Misrakh, while others were wounded by shelling and sniper fire.
