Houthi Attack Group claims missile and drone strike on Saudi military base

Yemen’s Houthi group said on Sunday that it had launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on a military base in southern Saudi Arabia.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the attack targeted weapons depots and command-and-control rooms at the Sharurah base. He made the claim in a statement posted on X.

Saree said the group used a large barrage of ballistic missiles and drones and claimed the strikes hit their intended targets.

He described the attack as a response to what he called continued Saudi attacks on Yemen. He also warned that the Houthis would carry out larger strikes deeper inside Saudi Arabia if those attacks continued.

Saudi authorities have not publicly commented on the Houthi claim.

Saudi Civil Defence said earlier on Saturday that a projectile had landed in Al-Tuwal governorate in the southwestern Jazan region. The incident injured two people and damaged a mosque, several buildings and vehicles, according to the authorities.

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The latest developments come as Yemen has seen a sharp escalation in fighting between government forces and the Houthis since July, ending a period of relative calm.

The Houthis claim to control the whole of western Al-Hudaydah province after advancing through western Taiz province. The group also says it captured the coastal city of Mokha and its Red Sea port.

The advances have brought Houthi forces closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital maritime route linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

Government forces, meanwhile, have reported gains in northern Al-Jawf province along the Saudi border. They have also moved closer to the provincial capital, Al-Hazm.

Fighting has continued on several other fronts, including in Marib, Al-Bayda and Al-Dhale provinces.

Yemen has remained embroiled in conflict since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several other provinces in 2014.

Saudi Arabia led an Arab coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015 to support the internationally recognised government. The conflict has since caused a major humanitarian crisis and drawn regional powers into a prolonged confrontation.