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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have struck targets in Saudi Arabia, as the group continues its offensive to seize territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Houthi media outlet Ansarollah reported on Tuesday that drones and missiles had been used in the attacks, which it said targeted Abha International Airport, King Khalid Air Base and facilities belonging to state-owned oil company Aramco in Abha and Jizan.
The reports came a day after the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out strikes in several parts of the country, including an attack on a prison that the rebels said caused deaths.
Saudi Arabia had not immediately commented on the Houthi claims.
Fighting along the Red Sea coast has continued for several days, leaving more than 300 people dead and displacing hundreds of families as the Houthis seek to capture territory bordering the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
The strait forms the southern entrance to the Red Sea, an important shipping route that has become increasingly significant for Saudi oil exports following Tehran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after the start of the US-Iran war on Iran.
Meanwhile, Houthi-linked Almasirah television quoted Hassan Saboula, director-general of civil defence in Jawf province, as saying that Monday’s prison strike killed 11 people and left 20 inmates missing beneath the rubble.
The Saba news agency, which is affiliated with the Houthi movement, had earlier reported that a child visiting the facility was among those killed.
