Coalition Intercepts 3 Drones Heading to Saudi Arabia... Houthis Target Aden Airport and Al-Mashaeq Palace

The spokesperson for the coalition forces, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, announced yesterday morning that air defenses intercepted and destroyed an enemy drone in the Riyadh region. This came hours after a drone was intercepted and destroyed in the Eastern Region and another in the Southern Region, both launched by the Houthi militia.

In Yemen, Majed Al-Nazili, the official spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, announced that the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport and the Ma’ashiq Presidential Palace in the city, located in the south of the country, using ballistic missiles. Al-Nazili stated that the group continues to target Yemeni people’s essential assets, arguing that the attacks on airports reveal the contradiction between the Houthis’ declared rejection of the blockade and their actual implementation of a blockade against Yemenis.

In a related development, the Yemeni government called on the UN Security Council to take deterrent and punitive measures to halt the repeated attacks on Aden International Airport, hold those responsible accountable, and ensure the protection of civilian infrastructure. This appeal followed a missile strike on Aden International Airport on Wednesday, October 28, which the government said was the sixth of its kind that month, causing a temporary suspension of flights and the diversion of several flights to other airports to safeguard passenger safety.

The government urged international action that goes beyond statements of condemnation and the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolutions 2140 and 2216, which concern sanctions and the arms embargo on the Houthis.