Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV broadcast footage it said showed rebels fighting Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces. Local media and the Houthi-run Health Ministry reported airstrikes on Sanaa: one on a salt factory in the Hamadan district killed a man and wounded eight, another on a house wounded a woman and three children. The rebels’ media center blamed Saudi Arabia. No immediate Saudi comment. This follows Saturday’s Houthi strike on King Khalid International in Riyadh that killed 13 and wounded more than 300, and Sunday’s projectile on Terminal 4 that started a fire and caused injuries. The airport remains closed. Saudi-backed forces launched the “Dawn of Yemen” offensive on 4 October aimed at retaking Houthi-held territory including Sanaa. Coalition has reported hitting more than 100 Houthi targets in recent days. Trump has said the U.S. is looking at joining Saudi strikes on the Houthis.
Trump warns US may hit Houthis after American killed at Saudi airport and terror group threatens more attacks
President Trump warned that the US may join Saudi Arabia in its upcoming retaliatory attacks against the Houthis after the Iran-backed terror group carried out the deadliest attack on Riyadh and has threatened even more attacks on civilian enclaves.
A Houthi spokesperson warned over the weekend that airports have become “a theatre of operations for our forces” and urged “everyone to take our warnings seriously,” while accusing the Saudis of bearing “responsibility for any failed interceptions.”
Until now, Trump had seemingly refrained from attacking the Yemen-based terror group due to a sense that the Houthis have adhered to their end of a May cease-fire in which it committed to not attack vessels in the Red Sea and a broader desire to stay out of a messy conflict that predated the Iran war.
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