{"id":97662,"date":"2026-10-06T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/?p=97662"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:37:33","slug":"two-saudi-airports-targeted-on-monday-as-fighting-with-yemens-houthis-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/two-saudi-airports-targeted-on-monday-as-fighting-with-yemens-houthis-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Saudi airports targeted on Monday as fighting with Yemen&#8217;s Houthis escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s airports in \u200bJazan and Najran were targeted in \u200ctwo attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing limited damage, the \u200bSaudi aviation authority said, as \u200bhostilities between the kingdom and Yemen&#8217;s \u2060Iran-backed Houthis escalated.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks came \u200bas Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces pressed \u200ba major offensive to retake territory from the Houthis after weeks of rebel advances, with \u200bRiyadh stepping up airstrikes in \u200bsupport of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis have responded with \u200cmissile \u2060and drone attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia, including airports, oil facilities and military sites.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s General \u200bAuthority of \u200bCivil Aviation \u2060said it was assessing the damage at the \u200bKing Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International \u200bAirport \u2060and Najran International Airport and taking measures to ensure the safety of \u2060passengers \u200band staff and the \u200bsecurity of the kingdom&#8217;s civil aviation system.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s airports in \u200bJazan and Najran were targeted in \u200ctwo attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing limited damage, the \u200bSaudi aviation authority said, as \u200bhostilities between the kingdom and Yemen&#8217;s \u2060Iran-backed Houthis escalated. The attacks came \u200bas Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces pressed \u200ba major offensive to retake territory from the Houthis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":97663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97664,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97662\/revisions\/97664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustaqbalmedia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}