{"id":441923,"date":"2026-09-20T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441923\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:10:53","slug":"houthis-claim-attacks-on-riyadh-as-fire-erupts-near-saudi-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441923\/","title":{"rendered":"Houthis claim attacks on Riyadh as fire erupts near Saudi airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(TNND) \u2014 Firefighters battled a blaze at a fuel depot near Riyadh\u2019s main airport after residents reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/flames-smoke-seen-riyadh-airport-houthis-claim-attacks-saudi-capital-rcna598714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple explosions overnight<\/a>, as Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis said Saturday\u2019s strikes targeted \u201csensitive sites\u201d in Riyadh and Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu, a Red Sea port city. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group used ballistic and cruise missiles, along with drones, in two operations.<\/p>\n<p>The group said the attacks were in response to what it described as Saudi attempts to target Yemen\u2019s capital, Sanaa.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.com\/en\/fire-erupts-near-riyadh-airport-houthis-claim-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AFP<\/a> journalist reported firefighters extinguished a fire involving an Aramco-branded fuel tank at a depot near Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport. The cause of the fire was not immediately established independently.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in Riyadh told AFP they heard multiple explosions after Saudi authorities issued an overnight air-raid alert. Major disruptions were reported at King Khalid International Airport, though normal air traffic later began to resume.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi authorities had not immediately confirmed the Houthi claims, identified the cause of the explosions or detailed any damage.<\/p>\n<p>The reported attack comes amid an escalation in Yemen, where the Houthis have expanded territory and continued fighting the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized Yemeni government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(TNND) \u2014 Firefighters battled a blaze at a fuel depot near Riyadh\u2019s main airport after residents reported multiple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-441923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}