The retaliation follows Houthi drone and missile strikes on October 6 and 7 at Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Those attacks killed three civilians—including a Sudanese man and two women of Moroccan and Algerian nationality—and injured 36 people. While the Gulf Cooperation Council described the strikes as "systematic crimes," coalition forces also confirmed they destroyed the specific launcher in Sanaa used to target Riyadh.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Saudi Coalition Hits 82 Houthi Targets After Airport Attacks
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Missile storage sites and command centers across four provinces in Yemen were destroyed in a wide-ranging military campaign launched on Wednesday. The Saudi-led coalition wiped out 82 targets in Saada, Hodeidah, al-Jawf and Marib, including 11 mountain-based ballistic missile storage sites, as well as communications systems and weapons depots. Major-General Turki al-Maliki stated the operation was a response to strikes on civilian transport hubs and warned that such attacks will not go unpunished.
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