Houthis launch attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Aden

What the report says

Yemen’s Houthi movement carried out a new wave of attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and in Aden, the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, according to Al Jazeera’s report published on 24 October 2026. The article said the strikes included missile attacks on Aden International Airport and other sites in the city, while Saudi authorities reported incoming ballistic missiles aimed toward Mecca and Medina.

In Aden, the Yemeni Transport Ministry said two ballistic missiles hit the airport and described it as the fourth attack on the facility this month. The ministry said the strikes could disrupt civil aviation and have wider humanitarian and economic effects. Yemeni authorities also said the coastguard headquarters and another building were struck. The Houthis said they had targeted military sites including al-Nasr camp and Aden’s naval base.

The report also noted that Yemen’s army said a Houthi missile malfunctioned and fell on a home in Houthi-held Sanaa, killing three people. Separately, Houthi-run media accused Saudi-led air strikes of causing civilian deaths in Sanaa and Hodeidah, though those claims could not be verified by Al Jazeera and Saudi Arabia did not comment.

The violence comes amid continuing frontline fighting in Yemen and renewed concern over Houthi long-range attacks, which have periodically threatened Saudi infrastructure and airports since a ceasefire collapsed earlier in 2026. The broader context is a long-running conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government, with regional spillover into Saudi Arabia.