Yemen and the Red Sea

Saqayn district, Saada: Houthi-run media say two Saudi airstrikes hit the telecommunications network on 20 October

ATTACK
Location
Saqayn district, Saada governorate, Yemen (site not given; district-level estimate)
Actors
Saudi Arabia · Houthis
Importance
Standard

Saudi aircraft carried out two airstrikes on the telecommunications network in Saqayn district, Saada governorate, on 20 October 2026, a local source told the Houthi-run Saba news agency; the Ansar Allah website carried the same report. The same source said Saudi artillery shelled areas of the border district of Shada. No casualties were reported. No Saudi or coalition statement on the incident was read.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Saudi enemy aircraft strike telecommunications network in Saada, Saudi Enemy Aircraft Target Telecommunications Network in Saqayn District, Sa'ada, in Two Airstrikes

Houthi-run media claim (Saba and the Ansar Allah website, same local source); no Saudi confirmation or independent verification. District-level placement; site not given.