Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden airport; Saudi forces down missile near Riyadh

Yemeni government says one of the missiles hit Aden-airport" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="214573" data-entity-type="location">Aden airport’s runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land.Yemen’s internationally recognised government has accused the Houthis of firing ballistic missiles and drones at the main international airport under its control, as Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted another missile north of its capital, Riyadh.In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Transport said the Houthis targeted the runway and passenger terminal at the airport with at least two ballistic missiles and several drones.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Yemen forces claim key gains near Bab al-Mandeb: What’s the latest?list 2 of 3Yemen’s government is on the attack against the Houthis. What has changed?list 3 of 3Yemeni forces launch offensive to retake Houthi-held al-Waziiya in Taizend of list“One of the missiles landed near the runway minutes before the Yemeni flight from Cairo was to land,” it said. “We cancelled the landing of the incoming flight from Cairo [in Egypt] and diverted its route to Jeddah [in Saudi Arabia] to protect the passengers.”The ministry also said it evacuated the airport terminal and removed two planes from the tarmac during the attacks.It added, “This incident could easily have turned a civilian flight into a horrific humanitarian disaster, claiming the lives of dozens of innocent people in an instant.”Aden-airport" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="214573" data-entity-type="location">Aden airport is the main international gateway for parts of Yemen outside Houthi control in the city that has been the seat of the government since the takeover of the capital, Sanaa, by the Iran-supported group in 2014.The Houthis said in a statement they targeted “Saudi military supplies” arriving at the Badr camp near the airport with ballistic missiles. Saudi Arabia backs Yemen’s government.Separately, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile, launched by the Houthis, north of Riyadh.