Houthis released footage showing Saudi AH-6i helicopter being struck by a missile
Clashes have resumed between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi group on several fronts south of Taiz, Yemen Today TV reported on Thursday.
The channel said fighting had resumed on the Al-Aqroudh and Al-Masrakh fronts, as well as in Al-Rahn village in the Sabir al-Mawadim district.
In a related development, Aden International Airport resumed flights.
The airport and nearby areas were targeted by missile attacks following Houthi threats to strike the facility.
On Wednesday, a missile landed at Al-Nasr Camp, adjacent to the airport, where Yemeni Coast Guard forces and Interior Ministry headquarters are located, eyewitnesses told Anadolu.
Houthi ballistic missile targeting eastern Saudi Arabia intercepted: Coalition
Saudi air defences intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi group toward the kingdom’s Eastern Province early on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition said.
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki announced the interception on the US social media platform X, without providing further details or reporting casualties or damage.
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الدفاع الجوي اعترض ودمر صاروخ باليستي أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية باتجاه المنطقة الشرقية. pic.twitter.com/1vui0ifNMa
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Before the interception was announced, Saudi Civil Defence issued an early warning alert in the Eastern Province over an unspecified threat. It subsequently announced the all-clear for the Eastern Province and Najran.
On Wednesday, the coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward the western Saudi city of Taif.
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Late Tuesday, debris from two intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles damaged a building, a construction project and a vehicle in the capital Riyadh, according to Civil Defence. Its statement did not report any casualties.
The interceptions came amid escalating hostilities between the Houthi group and the Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
Saudi Arabia has led a military coalition against the Houthis since March 2015 after the group seized Yemen’s capital Sanaa and other parts of the country in 2014.
