At least 17 people have died and more than 330 have been injured in the attacks on the airport in Riyadh, spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki told a press conference.
“These brutal terrorist attacks – including the brutal attack that took place during rush hour – do not merely target the Kingdom’s airports; rather, they go beyond that to threaten the safety of travelers, including citizens, brothers, friends, and pilgrims to the Two Holy Mosques from all corners of the earth,” Al-Maliki said referring to the largest attack on the airport on Saturday, which killed 13 people.
A total of 19 people have been killed and 364 injured in Houthi attacks on airports across the Kingdom including Abha airport, Al-Maliki said. “Targeting airports endangers the lives of thousands of civilian travelers,” he said.
“1,104 missiles and 1,135 drones have been fired at the Kingdom since the start of operations,” he added.
Al-Maliki said the Iran-backed Houthis have acquired advanced technology with the help of regional parties and built mountain warehouses in Sanaa, Saada, and Amran as launch pads for attacks.
The militia is using civilian infrastructure and Yemen’s resources to fuel their war effort and the coalition has destroyed 127 warehouses in mountainous areas and numerous launch pads belonging to the Houthis during the last few days.
“The Houthis must immediately cease all terrorist operations targeting civilians and civilian facilities, including airports, ports, oil facilities, and infrastructure,” he added.
Yemen’s armed forces have carried out 2,309 precision strikes against Houthi positions across several battlefronts, leaving an estimated 1,250 militia fighters killed and destroying more than 460 military vehicles and equipment, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Majed Al-Nuzaili, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, said in a post on X that government forces had intensified their offensive operations as part of Operation Dawn of Yemen, using fighter jets, drones, artillery, rocket launchers and sniper units.
The operations had helped to dismantle Houthi defensive lines, disrupt command and control systems and pave the way for government troops to advance into fortified positions, he added.
In Taiz, Al-Nuzaili said government forces had stepped up airstrikes and ambushes against Houthi convoys and reinforcements, preventing the militia from regrouping and replenishing its losses.
The spokesperson urged families living in Houthi-controlled areas to prevent their children from being recruited into the militia’s ranks and warned civilians to avoid military
He also reiterated an amnesty offer announced by Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, for Houthi fighters who surrendered their weapons and abandoned the fighting.
The offer of “safe return and amnesty” remains open to those who laid down their arms and returned to their families, he said.
Al-Nuzaili accused the Houthis of continuing to target residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure in Taiz despite their battlefield losses.
He said government forces remained committed to international humanitarian law and limiting their attacks to legitimate military targets, while accusing the militia of showing disregard for civilian lives.