Many international airlines have since suspended flights to\u00a0Saudi \u2060\u2060Arabia and \u2060\u2060neighbouring countries following the deadly weekend attacks by the Houthis, including Air France-KLM, Air India, Etihad, Lufthansa, Delta, Gulf Air and Qatar Airways.<\/p>\n
The kingdom, which backs Yemen\u2019s internationally recognised government, was still weathering new attacks<\/a> on Tuesday, with the coalition saying its forces intercepted three drones north of Riyadh.<\/p>\n Saree also reiterated the Houthis\u2019 warning to airports in Saudi Arabia following recent attacks on multiple airports and oil facilities across the country since last week in a spillover from the wider regional conflict between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia\u2019s cabinet, chaired \u2060by Crown Prince \u2060Mohammed bin Salman, said on Tuesday the Houthis would face \u201cconsequences\u201d for their attacks across the kingdom, according to the Saudi Press Agency.<\/p>\n US President \u2060Donald \u2060Trump said on Tuesday that the Houthis were \u201cbehaving very badly\u201d and told reporters he \u201cmight\u201d ask Turkiye\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan \u200cto intervene and support Saudi interests.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Erdogan, I think, would \u200cdo \u200cas I ask,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n Dawn of Yemen<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia has in recent \u2060\u2060weeks launched strikes<\/a> against the Houthis and is backing a Yemeni government counteroffensive<\/a> known as the \u201cDawn of Yemen\u201d after the group seized strategic territory last month.<\/p>\n Yemeni forces loyal to the internationally recognised government said they launched a series of air strikes on Houthi<\/a> positions and equipment in the country\u2019s southwest on Tuesday.<\/p>\n A total of nine air strikes were conducted in Taiz governorate, including five in Dhubab district and four in al-Masrakh district, the government said.<\/p>\n According to the Taiz Military Axis Media Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Defence, fighting is ongoing between government forces and the Houthis in al-Shaqab, south of Taiz.<\/p>\n The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedom said on Tuesday that the Houthis had killed at least five civilians, including a five-year-old girl in Taiz during the previous 24 hours and injured 17 others.<\/p>\n The organisation accused the Houthis of shelling residential neighbourhoods, damaging at least seven homes. It also alleged that the group had fired more than 180 projectiles across Taiz during the previous 24 hours.<\/p>\n Houthi offensive<\/p>\n In September, the Houthis carried out a lightning ground offensive on Mocha, pushing back forces loyal to Yemen\u2019s government from the strategic port city. The same month, the group\u2019s forces again swept through and seized territory along the western coast and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, including the strategically located Mayyun Island<\/a> in the strait.<\/p>\n As the fighting in Yemen continues to rage, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, warned that civilians across the Middle East are bearing the brunt of escalating hostilities and has called for all parties to de-escalate.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Yemen, the scale of death, displacement and damage to civilian infrastructure, including in Aden and Sanaa, is mounting at an alarming rate. Across the Middle East, civilian infrastructure has repeatedly been hit and lives have been lost,\u201d Spoljaric said in a statement.<\/p>\n![\"Video](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AFP__20261009__D2Q29KE__v2__HighRes__YemenSaudiIranUsIsraelWar-1791891006.jpg\")
Video footage shows a member of the Yemeni government forces firing a machinegun, October 8 [File: AFP]<\/p>\n