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Houthis claim six operations against Saudi Arabia in 48 hours

Houthis claim six operations against Saudi Arabia in 48 hours
Context video: Why the Houthis are ramping up their attacks on Saudi Arabia. The footage is not verified as showing the specific event reported in this article.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree has claimed six operations against Saudi Arabian targets over the past 48 hours, listing airports, oil infrastructure and military sites.

Saree said the targets included King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu on the Red Sea coast and the Shaybah oil field near the border with the United Arab Emirates.

He also listed Abha airport, radar installations, Khamis Mushait airbase, a Saudi naval camp and a radar site near Bir Askar in the south.

Saree described the operations as retaliation for more than 200 Saudi coalition airstrikes and missile attacks on Houthi-held territory over the same period.

The previous day, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said an airstrike in Saada province had killed at least nine people, including five children and two women. The ministry blamed the Saudi-led coalition.

Saudi Arabia leads a coalition supporting Yemen's government forces against the Houthis. Saree said the group would continue responding with escalation until attacks on Yemen stopped.

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