Investing.com — Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said Sunday they targeted King Khalid International Airport and a financial center in the Saudi capital Riyadh with two ballistic missiles. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation.
The Saudi-led coalition separately said it destroyed two Houthi drones launched toward the Mecca area, according to coalition spokesman Gen. Turki al-Maliki.
It also said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone launched towards the Medina region. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Telegram that Saudi Arabia claimed drone attacks targeting Mecca or Medina were “a blatant lie and fabrication.” He said Houthi operations only target Saudi oil installations and military bases.
In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two oil tankers hit sea mines in the southern part of the waterway, ISNA news agency reported. ISNA said one of them, a supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude, sank. Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported that five tankers had hit mines in 48 hours.
UK Maritime Trade Operations said it was aware of a report from the Indian Maritime Authority of an attack on an eastbound oil tanker in the Gulf. The entire crew was safe.
Iran says any return to talks depends on the United States meeting all seven Iranian demands. These include ending the war in the region, lifting sanctions, unfreezing Iranian assets and maintaining control of the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran says is now closed.
The Revolutionary Guards also said they had launched six drones at a US radar system located at al-Riffa air base in Bahrain. Bahrain said its air defenses had intercepted the drones. U.S. Central Command has not commented on Sunday’s claims.
On Friday, it said it had intercepted two Iranian drones and denied Iranian allegations that it had hit a radar.
In Yemen, the Southern Armed Forces, a group allied with the Saudi-backed government, said it had withdrawn from areas along the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to focus on securing Aden and trying to break the Houthi siege of Taiz.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Pakistan for a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization. IRNA said he would meet Oman’s foreign minister in Muscat on Tuesday.
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