Houthis declare Riyadh airport as their military target; drone intercepted over Riyadh

Yemen’s Ansar Allah rebel group (Houthis) military spokesman Yahya Saria has designated King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi Arabian capital as a military target and warned airlines of the dangers of using it.

"The armed forces  warn all airlines, staff, and passengers not to use King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, as it is unsafe since it is a military target for us," the spokesman wrote in a post on his Telegram channel.

He emphasized that the airport "will never be a safe" place, as the Houthis intend to continue attacking it. At the same time, Saria placed responsibility for the airport's continued operation on Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Saudi-led coalition forces fighting Yemen’s Houthis have intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region, spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki said in a brief post on X.

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