Overview
- Explosions near Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday forced temporary flight suspensions and prompted eyewitness reports of an oil-tank fire while Saudi air defenses said they intercepted missiles aimed at the capital.
- A Huthi spokesman said the group fired dozens of ballistic missiles and drones at "sensitive" targets in Riyadh and at Aramco facilities in the Red Sea port of Janbu, claims that Saudi-led coalition statements and air-defense reports partially corroborate.
- The Huthi seizure of large stretches of Yemen's Red Sea coast and a declared seaborne blockade have put the Bab al‑Mandab chokepoint at immediate risk and increased threats to commercial shipping and oil exports.
- The US issued travel warnings and warned the situation could "rapidly escalate," and President Donald Trump returned early to Washington as administrations and regional states weigh responses.
- The renewed fighting has effectively ended the 2022 UN-brokered truce, driven new waves of displacement inside Yemen and raised humanitarian and economic risks for people in the region and global markets.