Oct 21 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi militia stated that they did not launch any drones toward the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and also did not conduct any military operations against Saudi Arabia, contradicting earlier remarks by the Saudi‑led coalition operating in Yemen.
Spokesperson Yahya Saree of the Iran‑aligned Houthis responded to the coalition’s claim that its forces had intercepted drone incursions over Medina and the eastern provinces.
The conflict erupted between a Saudi coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi militia, which remains in control of the capital Sanaa, escalating in recent weeks and becoming an additional front in the wider U.S.–Israeli campaign against Iran.
Houthi artillery and missile strikes have targeted Riyadh’s primary international airport and the national oil corporation Saudi Aramco, disrupting air travel and oil exports.
On Tuesday, a Houthi missile strike on a government security‑training camp in Shabwa province inflicted heavy casualties, killing 73 people.
The latest burst of violence marks the most intense confrontations between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis since a United Nations‑mediated truce curbed cross‑border firefights in 2022.
Yemen endures one of the planet’s worst humanitarian crises, perpetuated by civil warfare since 2014 when the Houthis expelled the central government from the capital, prompting Saudi military involvement.
(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Hugh Lawson and David Goodman)
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