Yemen and the Red Sea

Saudi Arabia: Houthi spokesman claims six missile and drone operations in 48 hours, including Aramco Yanbu, Shaybah and Riyadh airport

ATTACK
Location
Saudi Arabia (several claimed targets: Yanbu, Shaybah, Riyadh, Abha, Khamis Mushait, Bir Askar; country-level area)
Actors
Houthis · Saudi Arabia
Importance
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Houthi armed forces spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on 19 October 2026 that Houthi forces carried out six operations inside Saudi Arabia over the previous 48 hours using a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. He listed: Aramco in Yanbu, struck in two phases, causing large fires; the Shaybah oil field, causing fires; King Khalid airport in Riyadh, in three phases; Abha International Airport, Saudi radars on Jabal al-Hisn and Jabal al-Rahma and the Khamis Mushait air base, in three phases, disrupting air traffic and damaging the base; a Saudi naval task force camp, causing dead and wounded; and a radar at Bir Askar, which he said was destroyed. The statement gave no times for the individual attacks and no independent damage assessment was read. No Saudi or coalition statement on the incident was read.

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Evidence: Houthi armed forces statement: six operations deep inside Saudi Arabia in 48 hours, Yemeni armed forces: six operations with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones in 48 hours

Houthi official claim only; individual attack times, damage and casualties unverified; some listed targets may overlap earlier published Riyadh/Abha reports, which are not merged because the statement gives no times.