Yemen and the Red Sea

YPA: Saudi missile and artillery strikes hit east Saada and Al Thabet villages in Qatabir (28 Sep)

ATTACK
Location
Al Thabet (Al-Thabit) area, Qatabir district, Saada (village/town ±; east-of-Saada city missiles also reported, not separately pinned)
Actors
Saudi Arabia · Houthis
Importance
Standard

Yemen Press Agency (28 Sep 2026) reported Saudi forces continued targeting Saada border areas with missile and artillery fire: four missile strikes on areas east of Saada city and artillery/missile shelling of residential villages in Al Thabet (Al-Thabit) in the border district of Qatabir. Webangah/Al-Masirah (27 Sep) described the same pattern — four missiles east of Saada city and artillery/missile attacks on Azlah Al Thabit in Qatabir. No specific casualty count in these dispatches (YPA notes several casualties in the broader recent border bombardment). Distinct from LIVE evt_c69e5ee4 (26 Sep Saudi warplane airstrikes on Qatabir).

Why it matters

Fills 27–28 Sep Saada/Qatabir land kinetic gap after catalog freeze — artillery/missile border fire distinct from the 26 Sep manned airstrike event on the same district.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Saudi missile, artillery strikes target several areas in Saada, Saudi Arabia Launches Missile Strikes on Yemen's Saada

UNVERIFIED Houthi-aligned YPA (28 Sep) and Webangah relay of Al-Masirah (27 Sep). No independent body count or Saudi confirmation in these sources. Mechanism is missile/artillery (not the 26 Sep manned airstrike series).