Houthi strikes on Saudi military targets fuel fears of wider Yemen conflict

Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Friday launched drone and missile attacks toward Saudi military targets in the eastern city of Marib, Yemen, raising concerns of a widening war in the region. Two people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded during the fresh strikes, according to the country’s state-run news agen

Deadly Houthi attacks and government retaliation are eroding Yemen's post-2022 calm, raising fears of a wider war involving Saudi Arabia.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis launched ballistic missiles and drones at displacement camps and residential neighbourhoods in the city of Marib on Friday (Aug 7), killing two people and wounding 14, state news agency SABA reported, citing local authorities.Yemen's army said early on Saturday it had responded against Hout

Yemen's army said early on Saturday it had responded against Houthi forces on several fronts along the lines of contact. The army did not give details of the operations or say when they took place.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched ballistic missiles and drones at displacement camps and residential neighbourhoods in the city of Marib on Friday, killing two people and wounding 14, state news agency SABA reported, citing local authorities. Yemen’s army said early on Saturday it had responded against Houthi forc

Two killed, 14 wounded as Houthis strike Marib again Yemen's Houthis launched ballistic missiles and drones at displacement camps and residential neighbourhoods in the city of Marib on Friday, killing two people and wounding 14, Reuters reported, citing state news agency SABA. Yemen's army said early on Saturday

The UN Security Council also expressed concern on Aug 7 at the heightened tensions in Yemen.

How the Iran-backed Houthis' claims of deadly attacks are stoking fears of a wider regional conflict  apnews.com

Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for deadly attacks this week, escalating their conflict with Saudi-backed Yemeni forces

Yemen's Houthi rebels launch fresh attacks on Saudi-backed government troops, says Yemeni state media, as Cruz says Trump must seek "regime collapse."

Tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have increased since the US-Israel war on Iran began.

RIYADH, Aug 7 (Reuters) - An attack by Yemen's Houthis on southern Saudi Arabia wounded 11 civilians on Thursday, a military official said, as the kingdom warned that coordinated attacks by the Houthis and Iran-backed Iraqi militias were imminent.

A Saudi spokesman accused the Iran-aligned Houthis of indiscriminately shelling civilian areas in violation of international humanitarian law.

(1st UPDATE) Intelligence reports from Saudi Arabia, the US, and other regional countries indicate civilian and economic sites could be targeted, including energy infrastructure, ports and airports

More than 10 civilians, including a four-year-old child, were injured in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the Saudi military.

An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels late Thursday wounded 11 civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-led coalition said, an unprecedented toll in the kingdom in over four years of hostilities.

Houthi attacks wound 11 in Saudi Arabia after deadly strike on Yemen troops  Arab News

Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia wounds 11 civilians as kingdom warns of wider threat  Reuters

Yemen’s Houthi militant group said it would attack Saudi oil tankers in the northern Red Sea, a potential fresh escalation in its attacks on shipping.