Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed depot housing 20 ballistic missiles in northwestern Yemen

Coalition says its forces also destroyed ballistic missile launch site in capital Sanaa

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said early on Tuesday that its forces destroyed a depot housing 20 ballistic missiles at a mountainous site in northwestern Saada province along with a ballistic missile launch site in the capital Sanaa.

Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki announced the strikes in remarks carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

On Monday, the coalition said it carried out a military operation against Houthi targets in Yemen’s western Hodeidah province on the Red Sea coast.

Al-Maliki said the operation destroyed weapons depots, storage sites for explosive-laden boats and naval mines.

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He also said that coalition forces thwarted preparations for imminent attacks targeting waterways in the southern Red Sea.

Yemen has been mired in conflict since the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and several provinces in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.

A 2022 UN-brokered truce collapsed in July, and fighting has since escalated.

Houthis claim attacks on Saudi airports, state oil refinery, military sites

Yemen’s Houthi group claimed on Monday evening that it had carried out three military operations targeting two airports, an oil facility and military sites across Saudi Arabia.

In a statement on the US social media platform X, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the operations involved a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones.

بيانٌ صادرٌ عن القواتِ المسلحةِ اليمنيةِ

بسمِ اللهِ الرحمنِ الرحيمِ
قالَ تعالى: {فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ} صدقَ اللهُ العظيم

في إطارِ الردِّ على العدوانِ السعوديِّ على بلدِنا والذي شنَّ خلالَ الـ24 ساعةً الماضيةَ 60 غارةً… pic.twitter.com/HRJYw3aMdO

— العميد/ يحيى سريع (@Yah_Saree) October 5, 2026

Saree said the first operation targeted King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh, claiming it hit its target and disrupted air traffic.

The second targeted a refinery of state oil company Aramco in Rabigh, in the Mecca region, he said, claiming the attack caused a fire at the facility.

According to the statement, the third operation targeted Abha Airport, the Khamis Mushait base, and Akfa camp in the southern Asir region, along with what Saree described as other “sensitive sites” in Najran and Jazan in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Saree claimed the operations were in response to 60 Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks over the preceding 24 hours targeting Sanaa and the Yemeni provinces of Al-Jawf, Taiz, Hajjah, Saada, and Marib.

He put the total number of airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation began at 1,576.

Saree also warned international airlines using Saudi airspace against continuing their flights, saying it was now within the group’s area of operations, except for the airspace over Makkah and Madinah.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi authorities on the Houthi claims