Houthis launch multiple attacks on Saudi Arabia and Aden airport
GCC condemns strikes on holy cities as fighting intensifies across Yemen
Houthi fighters launched a series of attacks on Saturday against targets in Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government in Aden. The Gulf Cooperation Council condemned what it called “heinous” strikes that included two ballistic missiles fired towards the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, while the Yemeni government warned the targeting of Aden airport threatened civil aviation and carried severe humanitarian and economic consequences.