Theme: Saudi Arabia

Saudi-led coalition attacks over the past 24 hours reportedly killed around 20 people across Yemen, including in the provinces of al-Jawf, al-Bayda, Saada and Taiz, according to Houthi-affiliated media.

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday with a delegation including the foreign, defense, finance and industry ministers and the head of the General Intelligence Directorate, on his second visit to the kingdom in weeks, after a trip to Riyadh on October 6. He and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman witnessed the signing of agreements covering military cooperation, energy and infrastructure, and the Syrian Foreign Ministry said the defense agreement was the most notable but gave no details. The package included a cooperation agreement between the two countries’ defense ministries. Syria is in negotiations to join the Makkah defense pact, and Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani said at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain that Damascus considers “security in the Gulf as part of its own.”

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced three operations inside Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning: the first with a drone against a radar facility on the Al-Qahmah Peninsula in the north of Jizan, in southern Saudi Arabia, the second with a ballistic missile against the Aqefa garrison in Najran, and the third against the border guard command and control building in Jizan, which resulted in deaths among Saudi soldiers and officers, according to the group.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group’s forces carried out a ballistic missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and that the target was hit, in a statement carried by the Houthi-controlled SABA news agency. Saree urged international airlines, their employees and passengers to avoid Saudi airspace. Saudi authorities had not confirmed the attack or any damage. In the early hours of Wednesday, Saudi Civil Defense issued a warning about a potential hazard in the Riyadh region and later declared it over, and the Indian embassy announced the death of an Indian citizen wounded in the October 10 attack on the airport.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Riyadh on an official visit on Wednesday and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Ministers and senior officials from both countries attended the meeting. It is al-Sharaa’s sixth visit to Saudi Arabia since taking office in January 2025. The talks addressed bilateral relations and ways to develop and strengthen cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

The Saudi-led coalition launched four air strikes on the city of al-Bayda in central Yemen, according to Houthi-affiliated media. Shelling was also reported in the Ghamr district of the Saada governorate.

The United States embassy in Riyadh restated the warning about hostilities by the Iranian-supported Houthis against Saudi Arabia — including attacks on civilian airports and critical infrastructure, causing civilian casualties and severe travel disruption — and about the State Department order, in effect since October 23, 2026, for non-emergency employees and family members to leave the country, plus the requirement of special authorization from the chief of mission for American employees to use any airport in the kingdom after the recent missile and drone attacks.

The Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday it had intercepted three drones targeting Saudi territory, one of them over the western Mecca region. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group launched two attacks in the Asir region, targeting Abha International Airport with a drone and King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait with a ballistic missile. Two other drones, one in the Eastern Province and another heading toward the southern region, were intercepted and destroyed, according to coalition spokesman Turki Al-Maliki. The casualty and damage figures in the Houthi claims could not be independently verified.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis says it intercepted a drone in the Mecca region, home to Islam’s holiest city, while the Houthis reported 17 people killed in Yemen over two days, according to The Hindu. Saudi Arabia has accused the Houthis several times of targeting Mecca and Medina, accusations the group systematically rejects.

The Houthis have launched multiple cross-border raids into Saudi Arabia in recent months, according to a Western official and an Arab official with direct knowledge of the raids. The raids are small in scale and have hit border posts in the kingdom’s rugged, mountainous southwest. The 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia has been postponed by almost a year, and the tournament is now scheduled from December 23, 2027, to January 21, 2028, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Tuesday. Yemen’s government army said it had carried out 1,208 military operations against Houthi positions and claimed to have “neutralized” around 370 commanders and militants.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group’s armed forces carried out three operations in 48 hours, hitting Dammam airport in two phases with two drones. According to Saree, the operation disrupted air traffic at Dammam and a drone scored a direct hit on the early warning radar in Jizan. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities regarding the attacks or the damage claimed by the Houthis.

Aramco posted net profit of 135.9 billion riyals (about 32.3 billion euros) in the third quarter, compared with around 101 billion riyals (24 billion euros) in the same period a year earlier, a result that included a 25.9 billion riyal gain from selling its stake in the PRefChem joint venture to Malaysia’s Petronas, while the Iranian-backed Houthis have regularly attacked Saudi tankers, pipelines, storage facilities and refineries since hostilities resumed in July. Adjusted net income stood at US$ 31.2 billion, up from US$ 28.6 billion a year earlier, above the median analyst estimate of US$ 30.66 billion; downstream posted adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of US$ 10.3 billion, up 234% in a year on stronger refining margins, and the board approved a base dividend of US$ 21.9 billion, up 3.5% in a year. Chief executive Amin Nasser said geopolitical uncertainty and attacks on energy facilities kept amplifying the global supply crisis in the quarter, with serious implications for energy security.

The 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia was postponed because of the conflict in the Middle East, in a decision justified by the exceptional circumstances in the region, with logistical complexities and travel disruptions, according to the AFC organizing committee. The tournament, scheduled for January 7 to February 5, 2027, moves to December 23, 2027 to January 21, 2028, and other events in the country were canceled, among them the Six Kings Slam tennis exhibition in Riyadh. In October, a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthis against Riyadh airport killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.

Talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia are ongoing, with the aim of reaching new regional security arrangements without foreign military involvement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday in a post on X. Araqchi also said Iran harbors no hostility toward the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to Reuters, in a text republished by Devdiscourse.

Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry said at least 17 Yemeni civilians were killed and 59 wounded, most of them children, in Saudi airstrikes over the past 24 hours. The Houthis on Tuesday reported an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a shoe factory in Taiz province that the group said killed three people and wounded eight others.

The US embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a security alert for American citizens over possible attacks on airports, airspace closures and flight disruptions, amid escalation involving the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, according to the Hindustan Times, while the State Department ordered non-emergency staff and family members to leave Saudi Arabia as of October 23, 2026 over safety risks.

Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman said Monday that he spoke by phone with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about bilateral defense cooperation and efforts to de-escalate regional tensions. In the account he posted on X, the minister said the call covered “the continued Houthi terrorist attacks against the Kingdom.”

The Houthis launched multiple cross-border raids against Saudi military posts in recent months, expanding the conflict beyond Yemen, according to a Western and Arab official with direct knowledge of the raids, who spoke to Middle East Eye. The Ansar Allah movement claimed drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, including a military base just over the border with Yemen.

The EU strongly condemned the Houthis' escalation in Yemen and their attacks on Saudi Arabia, particularly those targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. The Houthis targeted Dammam Airport in two phases with two drones over the past 48 hours, according to military spokesman Yahya Saree. There was no confirmation from Saudi Arabia of damage or casualties at the airport at the time of publication.

Yemen's Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement said they had carried out drone strikes on airports in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam and the southern city of Jazan. Houthi military spokesperson Yahia Saria said the rebels struck an early warning radar in Jazan and a military transport aircraft at the city's airport.

Saudi Arabia's economy shrank 3.8% year on year in the third quarter, and oil activities fell 20.4% compared with the same period in 2025, according to the General Authority for Statistics, which released the figures on Sunday.

China will send its Middle East envoy to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia later this month for shuttle diplomacy visits aimed at promoting peace talks and easing tensions, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. The announcement followed separate meetings in Beijing between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and between Wang Yi and Saudi national security adviser Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban.

Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates criticized the ongoing Saudi airstrikes on civilian infrastructure and non-military facilities in the country and promised retaliation. In a statement late on Sunday, the ministry said “these constant crimes and attacks will not go unpunished, and will certainly draw painful responses that will hit the heart of Saudi Arabia, particularly the installations belonging to parties funding the aggression”. The statement added that “the incessant targeting of Yemeni civilian facilities will place all vital and critical installations inside Saudi Arabia in a databank of targets that Yemeni Armed Forces will pound in retaliation”.

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Saturday, during a session on regional security at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, that Damascus is considering joining the Mecca alliance, a mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Under the agreement, signed on August 7 in Mecca, an attack on one signatory is treated as an attack on all three, an arrangement similar in principle to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has 32 member states. Samy Akil, an analyst at Syria Report, told Middle East Eye the talks are at an early stage and that Syria is unlikely to become the pact's fourth member in the near term.

The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward southern Saudi Arabia, spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki al Maliki said on Monday. The coalitionʼs air defenses destroyed the missile on its way to the southern region.

Yemen’s army launched a new missile attack on positions of Saudi-backed forces in Lahj province, according to Yemeni media in a report carried by the Iranian agency Mehr News. The reports did not disclose the type of missiles used or possible damage and casualties.

A tanker sailing through the Gulf was hit by two unidentified projectiles on its port side, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency, cited by Middle East Eye. In parallel, Houthi media, citing an anonymous military official, repeated threats against Saudi oil giant Aramco and aviation in the kingdom, according to the Straits Times.

At least seven people were wounded in aerial attacks by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, according to Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV, cited by Middle East Eye.

Saudi Arabia condemned on Sunday the targeting of a Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker in the Gulf and called for urgent international action to protect shipping and global energy supplies, Arab News reported. The Al-Mayeda, a Qatar Gas Transport Company vessel, was struck on Friday night; the company said in a statement that no crew member was injured and no environmental damage was reported. In a post on X, the foreign ministry reiterated its “rejection of all violations that threaten the security and safety of maritime navigation and global energy supplies”.

The seven core members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) agreed in principle to keep production targets unchanged next month, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in an article published by Channel NewsAsia. Sunday’s online meeting of the group — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman — comes as Gulf members have been boosting exports disrupted for months by the conflict. Most, however, are still pumping well below their targets.

Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Saturday at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain that discussions are under way to evaluate Syria’s entry into the Mecca alliance, according to Al Jazeera. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan in the Saudi city of Mecca in August and states that an attack on one country is to be considered an attack on all three. Arab News also heard from the Syrian foreign minister that Damascus was considering whether to join the defense alliance binding Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

Riyadh Air evacuated all aircraft from its home base and halted almost all flying for two weeks after Houthi attacks, according to the Jerusalem Post. Remaining flights began landing in Jeddah or at a small airport 200 miles from Riyadh. A Houthi attack on October 8 killed a Saudia pilot and destroyed an aircraft.

The Saudi-led coalition said on Saturday it had intercepted and destroyed a hostile drone launched by the Houthi group over the “Riyadh region”, Middle East Eye reported. On Friday, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched toward the kingdom’s southern region, as well as a drone over Riyadh, according to Arab News.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it intercepted a drone launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia’s Mecca region, according to Al Jazeera. A Houthi spokesperson denied targeting the Muslim holy city or the surrounding region, reiterating that the group’s cross-border attacks remain focused on Saudi energy and military infrastructure. Middle East Eye reported the coalition’s accounts of drones over Mecca and Medina, which the Houthis denied.

The United States ordered non-emergency government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia, effective October 23, citing security risks, according to The Jerusalem Post. The order cites Houthi attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure.

The Saudi-led coalition said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone near Riyadh as well as a missile fired by Yemen's Houthis toward Saudi Arabia's southern region, according to Middle East Eye. Earlier on Friday, the coalition said it had intercepted a Houthi drone in the Mecca region, with the group denying it targeted Islam's holiest city.

Hussein al-Ezzi, a member of the political bureau of the Ansarullah movement, said resolving the conflict with Saudi Arabia requires stopping the aggression, lifting the siege and paying compensation, according to Mehr News. He said the confrontation would continue without the three conditions being met.

Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels near Mecca, Islam's holiest city, a claim the Houthis deny. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree dismissed the coalition's account as false in a post on X, saying the group had not carried out any operation against Saudi territory and that its operations target Saudi oil facilities and military bases, according to Reuters.

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said six attacks hit vital commercial and military infrastructure from Saudi Arabia's east coast to its west coast, reaching Riyadh and the southern region of Najran, in a statement posted on X, according to Al Jazeera. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by the Houthis in the Mecca region, according to the Times of Israel. The Houthis deny targeting Mecca and Medina and have rejected previous coalition accusations that they launched drones towards the two holy cities of Islam, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Brent rose 0.75% to $115.74 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose 0.71% to $102.72 after the Houthis said on Thursday they had attacked Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery, the Rabigh refinery and an Aramco facility in Abqaiq, according to Reuters, in a text republished by CNBC.

The Houthis said Thursday they had attacked Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery, the largest in the kingdom; the Rabigh refinery; an Aramco facility in Abqaiq; and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, according to the Jerusalem Post. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities. The Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two ballistic missiles launched toward the capital, after AFP correspondents heard at least eight explosions in Riyadh, and the Houthi-run health ministry reported 12 killed and three critically injured in attacks it attributes to Saudi Arabia on residential areas in western Yemen.

Shrapnel falling after the interception of two missiles wounded one Saudi citizen, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Authority said, according to Middle East Eye.

The Saudi-led coalition says its air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis towards Riyadh, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), in a report by the Middle East Eye.

Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan said at a briefing that the city “is in famine, not on the brink of it”, while local officials say a siege by Houthi rebels has pushed residents into famine. A Saudi airstrike in western Taiz killed at least 13 people on Thursday, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. The World Food Program said it cannot reach over 600,000 people in the city who depend on humanitarian aid, and that wheat flour stocks are nearly exhausted.

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen towards the kingdom's eastern region early on Thursday, according to the Jerusalem Post. Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense issued two alerts warning of potential danger in Najran and in the Eastern Province, before saying minutes later that the danger had passed in both areas. On the previous Saturday, the Civil Defense said it had intercepted two Houthi missiles launched toward the Mecca and Medina regions, with debris falling in Jeddah, Taif and Rabigh.

The United States (US) State Department ordered the departure of non-essential staff and family members from the embassy in Riyadh, amid intensifying Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia. The move was attributed to growing hostilities by the Iranian-supported Houthis, including attacks on civilian airports and critical infrastructure causing casualties and travel disruptions, according to spokesman Tommy Pigott.

Yemen's Houthi armed forces called for the immediate evacuation of Aden airport, citing the presence of a Saudi military cargo plane they said was carrying weapons, in a statement carried by Mehr News. A Houthi missile later hit “the area under the control of Saudi forces inside the perimeter of Aden airport”, according to a police officer cited by AFP in a G1 report. Al-Masirah, a TV channel linked to the Houthis, said a Saudi strike on Hazm, the capital of Al-Jawf province, killed 16 people and wounded 10, including women and children.

Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, held separate phone calls on Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, and with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, the Egyptian ministry said on Wednesday. The Egyptian and Saudi ministers agreed to continue coordination through the four-way mechanism, which includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, according to the ministry.

A private geospatial-intelligence firm examined 40 missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia by Houthis and Iraqi militias between July 1 and Oct. 19, according to the Associated Press (AP), which points to a match with Russian spy-satellite activity. The Saudi deputy minister for public diplomacy told the AP that Iran and the Houthis receive intelligence from elements in Russia and China.

A private geospatial intelligence firm said it examined 40 missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia, attributed to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and militias in Iraq, between July 1 and October 19, according to the Associated Press (AP). Nawaf Obaid, founder of AURORAH Geosignal Intelligence, said there is a “100% match” between the satellites’ activity and the strikes. Three officials, including one from Saudi Arabia and another in the top ranks of the Houthis, as well as a private intelligence analyst, told AP that the Houthis and other Iranian allies have benefited from Russian intelligence.

The key OPEC+ producers are expected to keep production quotas unchanged for December when they meet on Sunday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, in a report by OilPrice. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said they had hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, the biggest in the kingdom, with a ballistic missile.

Saudi Arabia reportedly offered a $1 billion financial package to the Houthis in an Iran-brokered deal to secure a ceasefire and halt attacks on the kingdom, according to the Hindustan Times, citing a report. The proposal was reportedly discussed during a surprise visit by Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to Tehran, where Iran offered to act as a regional diplomatic mediator, according to NDTV.

Houthi official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said Tuesday that the Egyptian parliament's decision to authorize military support for Saudi Arabia to defend against the group's attacks amounted to a declaration of war, according to Channel News Asia. The comment was part of a statement reacting to a Monday visit to Tehran by the Saudi defense minister, alongside Pakistan's army chief and Türkiye's intelligence chief, in a bid to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East war.

The Houthis said on Tuesday they had struck Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery, the kingdom’s largest, with a ballistic missile, while Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that the kingdom contained a fire near the Ras Tanura terminal earlier that day, according to the Middle East Eye. The group’s military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said the attack caused “massive fires”, and a Houthi official said the Egyptian parliament’s authorization of defensive military support for Saudi Arabia amounted to a declaration of war. The Houthis also said they had attacked Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry in Riyadh, with no confirmation from Saudi Arabia, according to the Hindustan Times, which cited Reuters.

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkiye and Pakistan agreed to continue talks for regional peace and security, in a joint statement issued late on Monday, according to Al Jazeera — Riyadh sent Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan sent Army chief Asim Munir and Turkiye sent intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.

The Saudi-led coalition said its air defences destroyed four Houthi drones targeting the kingdom’s southern region, according to Middle East Eye. The coalition also said it intercepted and destroyed 10 ballistic missiles launched towards the same region, according to The National.

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met with Iran in Tehran on Monday in an attempt to stop the Middle East war from reigniting, France 24 reported. It was the first joint visit to Tehran by the three countries since they formed a defense alliance in Mecca in August. Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, told state television the talks were “very good”.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is considering adding an economic espionage charge against Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi former OpenAI engineer accused of secretly recording conversations in an executive conference room at the company, according to a law-enforcement official who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, as cited by Middle East Eye. The probe examines whether Alfozan may have stolen information from the company to offer to the Saudi government, even if he was not recruited to do so, and the investigation may not lead to new charges.

The Saudi-led coalition said on Monday that three drones were intercepted and destroyed over the Riyadh region and southern regions, according to Middle East Eye. The coalition also said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis, after the group claimed a new attack on Riyadh airport, The Hindu reported.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for “regional unity” at a meeting in Tehran on Monday with representatives of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, which recently signed the Makkah defence pact, Dawn reported. Iran’s state broadcaster said the quadrilateral meeting discussed regional cooperation, the US-Israeli aggression against Iran and its consequences, among other topics. The talks also included Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkiye’s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin.

Egypt’s Parliament authorized the military on Monday to provide support to help defend Saudi Arabia, if requested, according to Reuters, citing parliamentarians and local media. The decision responds to intensified attacks by Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis on the Gulf kingdom. Parliament gave President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the green light to take the steps necessary to defend Saudi Arabia, according to Bloomberg.

High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey were in Tehran on Monday for meetings with Iranian authorities, in an attempt to avert renewed fighting between Iran, Israel and the United States, according to the Associated Press (AP), in a text republished by the Times Herald. Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and the head of Turkey’s intelligence service, Ibrahim Kalin, were to meet Iran’s top security officials and negotiators to push for a deal between Tehran and Washington. The war in Yemen and strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia were also topics of the talks, according to AP, in a text republished by Bay News 9.

The Houthis said on Monday they had attacked pumping stations along Saudi Arabia's East-West onshore oil pipeline, the kingdom's key crude export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, according to OilPrice. As of early Monday, Saudi Arabia had not confirmed any attacks on the pipeline, which was down for two weeks in September after drone attacks damaged pumping stations.

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, and Turkey's intelligence chief arrived in Tehran for talks with Iranian officials, according to Mehr News. Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said officials from the countries that signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement will hold regional security talks in Tehran on Monday, according to Sputnik. In an interview with state broadcaster IRIB, he said Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin will take part in the joint meeting.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy and Singapore’s Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry announced their joint intent to establish a crude oil storage arrangement in Singapore, at the Jurong Rock Caverns on Jurong Island, with storage operations expected to commence in the second half of 2027; the stored crude oil will support Singapore’s energy needs in the event of a supply disruption and enhance the Saudi supply chain in Southeast Asia.

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to meet their Iranian counterparts in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination, the Jerusalem Post reported. Saudi Arabia will be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, and Pakistan by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to Reuters. It will be the first high-level contact between Iran and all members of the three-nation bloc since Saudi Arabia came under escalating attacks, the Middle East Eye reported.

The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh, according to the Middle East Eye, after the Houthis said on Sunday they had launched a fresh strike on the Saudi capitalʼs international airport, hours after flights were announced to have resumed, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh partially reopened on Sunday after two weeks of closure, as the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition continued to exchange attacks, according to the Xinhua news agency. The Houthis said they had launched dozens of ballistic missiles in three attacks against the kingdom, the first of them targeting King Khalid airport.

Yemen's Houthis said on Sunday they had launched a fresh strike on Saudi Arabia's international airport in the capital Riyadh, hours after the kingdom announced that flights had resumed, Middle East Eye reported. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on X that the group had “conducted three military operations with dozens of ballistic missiles” and that the strike on the airport “achieved its target”. The claim comes from the group itself.

Saudi Civil Defence said that shrapnel from two intercepted ballistic missiles, suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, fell in Jeddah, Taif, Rabigh and Wadi Al-Mughammas in Mecca province, according to Al Jazeera.

The Saudi-led coalition said on Sunday it had intercepted 10 ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis towards the country's southern region. The coalition said two drones and a ballistic missile were launched towards Riyadh, and a cruise missile towards the southern city of Khamis Mushait. Late on Saturday, Riyadh's airport said Terminal 1 would be designated for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for international flights operated by national carriers starting Sunday.

The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a second drone in the Riyadh region, spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki said in a post on X. The coalition also said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards Riyadh.

The Houthis said they targeted three Saudi airports, including the international airport in Riyadh, as well as energy installations, a pipeline and an air base over the past 24 hours, in a new round of attacks on Saudi Arabia on Saturday, according to Le Monde. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted two missiles targeting Taif and Yanbu on Saturday morning, while Saudi civil defence responded to debris in the Mecca and Medina regions. The Houthi broadcaster Al-Masirah said strikes by the kingdom in Yemen killed four people at a house in Sanaa, eight at a residential building for cement factory workers and five from the same family outside Hodeida.

Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport said on Saturday that flights would resume on Sunday, October 25, after a two-week closure caused by Houthi attacks, according to Middle East Eye. Terminal 1 will be designated for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for international flights operated by national carriers. The closure followed a missile attack that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300 on October 10, according to Arab News.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis denied on Saturday Saudi Arabia's report that they attacked the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, after Riyadh said it had intercepted Houthi missiles headed towards the two cities, according to the Middle East Eye.

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group carried out seven operations with ballistic missiles and drones, according to TASS, and that the targets included King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco facility in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery, crude oil pumping stations and the East-West Pipeline, according to France 24. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed two ballistic missiles fired towards Yanbu and Taif on Saturday. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities on the Houthi reports, and it was not immediately clear whether the attacks had hit their targets or been intercepted.

The Houthis said on Saturday they attacked Aden, the interim seat of the Saudi-backed government, with military spokesman Yahya Saree saying the targets were what he called “Saudi enemy” concentrations at the Al-Nasr camp and the city’s naval base. Earlier, the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two missiles targeting Taif and Yanbu in the kingdom’s west. According to the Houthis, a separate strike on a residential building for cement factory workers in the Sanaa governorate killed six women and one child and wounded three other people. The US updated travel advisories for the Gulf and the wider Middle East, citing what it described as the threat of “regional aggression” by Iran-aligned Houthis.

Yemen's Houthis reported that Saudi air strikes on Sanaa and the capital region they control killed at least four people and wounded several others on Saturday, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Al-Masirah, a broadcaster affiliated with the group, also reported deaths and injuries in the Yemeni capital, according to G1. Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense issued alerts about possible risks to residents of Taif and Yanbu, as well as Mecca and Jeddah, the country's second-largest city, and about 10 minutes later said the threat had passed.

A Saudi airstrike on a house in the Asr neighbourhood of western Sanaa killed three people and wounded others on Saturday, according to the Houthi-linked Al-Masirah broadcaster. The station said that “the Saudi enemy” targeted the house and that the toll is preliminary.

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis towards Taif and Yanbu on Saturday, according to Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense briefly issued alerts warning of potential danger in Taif, Yanbu, the holy city of Mecca and Jeddah, according to the same report.

Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone in the country's eastern region, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition said in a post on X, according to the Middle East Eye.

Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia condemned the Houthi attacks on the kingdom, including strikes against civilians, infrastructure and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to TASS. The four countries called on the Houthis to immediately cease all military actions, threats and attacks and return to the political process. They also said the Israeli occupation is the main source of instability in the region and beyond.

The United States is accelerating the evacuation of diplomats and their families from its missions across the Middle East amid concerns over a possible regional escalation and renewed strikes on Iran, according to the Jerusalem Post. The State Department ordered nonessential personnel and their families to leave Saudi Arabia and quietly reduced staffing levels at US embassies in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.

Pakistan has completed the ratification processes for the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan told a news conference, according to TRT World. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have already completed their ratification processes, while Türkiye is undertaking the requisite procedures “in accordance with its domestic legal framework,” he said.

The escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis paved the way for another weekly gain of about 4%, with ICE Brent trading around $117 per barrel, according to OilPrice.

A book excerpted by Vanity Fair says Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, had access during Trump’s first term to secret bank accounts holding some $2 billion provided by United Arab Emirates (UAE) leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saudi royal Mohammed bin Salman, according to the Times of Israel. One of the accounts, in Israel’s central bank, was reportedly overseen by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kushner denied all the allegations, as did former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, who reportedly helped facilitate the arrangement.

The Indian Embassy in Yemen said it had reached out to different parties to establish the circumstances and facts of an incident off the Yemeni coast involving a yacht with Indian nationals on board, according to The Hindu. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed, according to Arab media cited by the paper, that Saudi forces targeted the Indian yacht near Yuqar Island, in the Red Sea.

Brent crude futures rose US$ 4.35, or 4%, to close at US$ 113.17 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose US$ 2.32, or 2.4%, to US$ 99.47. Oil closed 4% higher on Thursday, hitting a five-month high, after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia fuelled concerns about new supply disruptions from the key exporting region. Saudi Aramco instructed employees to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran, in the Persian Gulf, as fighting intensified, Reuters reported, in a text republished by Brasil 247.

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis towards Riyadh, according to the Middle East Eye. Saudi civil defence issued alerts in Riyadh and later Najran before announcing that the danger had passed, also according to the Middle East Eye. The coalition also said its forces shot down a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward the southern Saudi city of Najran, according to the Times of Israel.

The US State Department ordered on Wednesday (10/21) the departure of non-essential government employees and their families from US diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia, according to Opera Mundi. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott justified the move by saying the Houthis had intensified hostilities against Riyadh, including attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure that caused casualties and disrupted air travel.

An Israeli defense official confirmed on Thursday that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intelligence continues to provide Saudi Arabia with exceptional capabilities to assist its military operations against the Houthis, through US mediation, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to the official, the assistance is provided in line with Israel’s national interests and directives from the political leadership, and serves to wear down an enemy that plans to attack Israel in the future.

A Saudi citizen and an Indian resident are among the two people killed in the attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on Wednesday evening, according to the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). Eight others were injured: Saudi, Indian, Yemeni, Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals. The Indian Embassy said one Indian national is among the dead and two Indians were injured, and India’s Ministry of External Affairs called the attacks “completely unacceptable”.

Brent rose US$ 3.35 (3.08%) to US$ 112.17 a barrel on Thursday, the highest level since May 18, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained US$ 2.68 (2.76%) to US$ 99.83 a barrel, according to Reuters. The Hindustan Times attributes the rise to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and disruptions to oil supply.

The Iran-aligned Houthis said on Thursday they had attacked Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry in Riyadh, Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, according to The Hindu. Saudi state oil company Aramco told staff to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran, on the Gulf, and to work remotely, Reuters reported, citing six people with knowledge of the matter, in a text republished by the Jerusalem Post. The instruction follows a wave of Houthi attacks on the kingdom, targeting the company and Saudi airports.

Middle Eastern media outlets published this week the text of the Mecca Defense Pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on August 7, 2026, according to The Jerusalem Post. The agreement establishes a trilateral defense concept under which an armed attack against one member is considered an attack against all three. It provides for a permanent secretariat, rotating leadership, regular ministerial meetings and the admission of new members, which, in the newspaper’s assessment, suggests something more ambitious than a typical defense-cooperation memorandum.

Saudi Arabia struck an Indian boat carrying 14 Indian nationals near Zuqar Island off western Yemen, and Yemeni forces rescued those aboard, according to Yemeni armed forces spokesman Yahya Saree, in a statement cited by Mehr News. Saree posted the information on social media.

The death toll from the attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam has risen to two, a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said. Eight people were injured, a figure unchanged from the first toll released on October 21. GACA said airport operations resumed and air traffic returned to normal. The Saudi government has not confirmed who carried out the attack, according to AeroTime.

Brent was trading at US$ 111.10 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) at US$ 98.98, both up by around 2% from Wednesday, after the Yemeni Houthis struck an oil field in Saudi Arabia and another international airport, according to OilPrice. Gulf countries exported 24.6 million barrels per day in the week ending 18 October, above the pre-war 23.3 million, according to Kpler data, in a Middle East Eye report.

The departure order for non-emergency staff and family members applies only to Saudi Arabia, the State Department spokesperson said, according to the Korea Herald, amid Houthi attacks on civilian targets. The account that missions in other Gulf states would also order family members to leave, given by four officials to Reuters, was not confirmed by the spokesperson; the attacks on a civilian airport in Dammam killed at least one person and injured eight, and another drone attack on an oil field killed two.

The US State Department ordered the departure of “non-emergency US government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia only” amid attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on civilian targets in the country, according to spokesman Tommy Pigott. US officials told Reuters, in reporting cited by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), that the department also plans to withdraw family members from a number of other US missions in the region.

One person was killed and eight wounded in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi civil aviation authority. The authority confirmed the toll on Wednesday evening, according to the Jerusalem Post. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the injured were immediately taken to hospital, with conditions ranging from minor to severe, according to TRT World. The spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, Turki Al-Maliki, said air defences intercepted and destroyed four drones in the country's Eastern Province, in a post on X, according to Middle East Eye.

Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry said on Wednesday that debris from an intercepted drone killed two people and injured two others at an Aramco-operated oil field in the country's southeast. According to the ministry, the two people killed were Nepali and Filipino nationals, and the injured were Pakistani and Indian nationals. The debris also sparked a fire in a contractor's vehicle at the Shaybah oil field.

French President Emmanuel Macron made a surprise “solidarity” visit to Riyadh and became the first Western leader to land in Saudi Arabia since the Houthis intensified their attacks this month, Al Jazeera reported. The trip comes as Saudi Arabia agreed to supply extra diesel to France “for as many months as necessary”, the Elysee Palace told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt’s military support for Saudi Arabia would be limited to defending the kingdom’s territory and borders and would not include an attack on Yemen, the presidency said on Wednesday, according to the Jerusalem Post. His comments came as Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and intelligence chief Hassan Rashad met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.

The Houthis said eight fishermen were killed in a series of strikes overnight, and the Sanaa-based health ministry said Saudi Arabia targeted boats off the coast of Taiz governorate. On Wednesday, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group fired a ballistic missile at the coalition's military operation room at the Badr Camp in Aden. According to Xinhua, Saudi forces carried out 93 air and missile strikes across eight Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours.

Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, an agreement signed in August in Mecca and submitted to parliament for ratification on Tuesday, according to the Jerusalem Post. According to the newspaper, no Turkish troops deployed to other countries under the pact would take part in offensive operations, and technical personnel and experts would be sent initially to help with air defenses.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group struck the Saudi-led coalition’s military operation room at the Badr Camp in Aden with a ballistic missile, Al Jazeera reported. A police official said on Wednesday that smoke was rising near the airport in the city, which is controlled by the internationally recognized Yemeni government. The Saudi-led coalition says its forces are battling the Houthis in Kahboub, in southwestern Yemen, the Middle East Eye reported.

The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed drones targeting the kingdom, in Medina and the Eastern Province, according to TRT World.

Britain will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the UK government announced on Tuesday, according to DW. The British Ministry of Defence said the aircraft will protect Saudi cities and critical infrastructure from drones and missiles and will not carry out offensive strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. In Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, Houthi rebels struck a residential area on Tuesday, killing two teenage girls, according to the Times of Israel, which highlighted the UN warning that the siege leaves civilians at grave risk.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, in a television interview aired on Tuesday, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Saudi Arabia postponed the Future Investment Initiative, known as “Davos in the Desert”, to an undisclosed date in 2027, according to a statement from the conference shared with CNN. The decision to cancel the Oct. 26-29 conference came after a series of Houthi attacks on the Saudi capital, including a deadly missile strike earlier this month on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, CNN reported.

The Turkish government submitted the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement to parliament on October 20, binding Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to mutual defense indefinitely, according to The Cradle. The text treats aggression from abroad against one member as aggression against all and obliges the others to immediately assist the attacked party, with the scale of support still to be defined, including military means.

Egypt’s Parliament postponed to October 26 a vote on authorising the armed forces to support Saudi Arabia, the House of Representatives said on Monday, according to Al Jazeera. Parliament has been tasked with authorising President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to approve any request from Saudi Arabia for defence assistance.

The UK will provide additional defensive military support to Saudi Arabia given escalating Houthi attacks in the region, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets will fly defensive counter air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure against aerial attack, and the ministry says the warplanes will operate in a defensive role and will not be used to attack the Yemeni group, according to Al Jazeera.

French President Emmanuel Macron has secured the delivery of an additional 200,000 tonnes of diesel per month from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain during a tour of the Gulf, France 24 reported. With the addition of deliveries from Saudi Arabia, France has commitments for 295,000 tonnes per month, just over 10 percent of its consumption, the French presidency added.

The death toll from the Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen rose to 60 people, primarily new recruits, the deadliest strike since fighting in the country began escalating three months ago, according to The Associated Press. The BBC, citing local authorities, reported more than 50 security personnel killed and 200 injured in the strike on the camp in the central province of Shabwa. A spokesman for the Saudi-backed Yemeni armed forces said the Iran-backed group launched three ballistic missiles at al-Alam camp, near the city of Ataq.

A Houthi spokesperson said the group’s forces carried out six military operations over the past 48 hours targeting various sites in Saudi Arabia, with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, according to Middle East Eye.

Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed envoy to Pakistan, Rajeh Tami Albugamy, met Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday in Rawalpindi to discuss matters of mutual interest and regional security dynamics, the army said. Both sides expressed satisfaction over progress under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement and underscored the importance of strengthening defense collaboration. Munir will travel to Tehran on Tuesday for consultations with Iranian officials, according to Mehr News.

Saudi Arabia has decided to postpone its flagship investment conference until next year, organizers confirmed in a statement on Monday, following deadly attacks that rocked the kingdom in recent weeks, according to Reuters, in a text republished by the Jerusalem Post. The attacks struck military, energy and civilian infrastructure across the country, including state oil company Aramco’s headquarters and Riyadh’s international airport, where strikes killed at least 18 people.

A Pakistan Army general said the country is providing “whatever support is needed” to protect Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and holy sites, amid escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on the Gulf country. Lieutenant General Chaudhry told the digital newspaper Independent Arabia in an interview published on Sunday (18) that such support “is being provided and will be provided”, without disclosing the nature or extent of the assistance.

The Houthis said on Monday they had carried out multiple attacks on Saudi Arabia’s energy, airport and military infrastructure, including an Aramco facility in Yanbu, the Shaybah oilfield, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha airport, according to Reuters, in a report cited by the Hindustan Times.

Egypt’s parliament postponed to October 26 a vote on authorizing potential military support to help defend Saudi Arabia, as regional security tensions rise, according to TRT World. The one-week postponement leaves the decision pending as lawmakers prepare to resume deliberations later this month.

A Bangladeshi man and woman were executed in Mecca on Wednesday after being convicted of committing an “indecent act” inside a mosque, according to the Saudi interior ministry, the BBC reported. Bangladeshi authorities said they were not informed of the execution until after it had taken place.

The Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), at its 108th session in Manama, Bahrain, condemned retaliatory attacks by the Yemeni army against Saudi positions and attributed missile and drone attacks against Council members and Jordan to Iran, according to Mehr News.

Egypt’s presidency said the country is ready to give Saudi Arabia all the support it needs to defend its security and stability, the Korea Herald reported. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi requested an urgent parliament session to authorize the military, one of the Arab world’s largest, to help defend its Gulf ally if the kingdom requests support. The move comes as Yemen’s Houthis step up their attacks on the kingdom.

Two Saudi Air Force officers died when an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed in southwestern Najran province, according to the Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman, Major General Turki al-Maliki, cited by RT. Yemen’s Houthis claim they shot the aircraft down. According to the Saudi authorities, the helicopter crashed because of a technical malfunction, and Riyadh did not comment on the group’s claims.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said Saudi forces launched 110 air strikes and missile attacks across Yemen in 24 hours, hitting Sanaa and the governorates of Hodeidah, Taiz, Amran, Hajjah, Saada, al-Jawf, al-Dhale and Marib. According to Saree, the bombardment killed or injured more than 30 people, including women and children.

An alleged Saudi airstrike in Yemen killed at least nine people and wounded 16 on Sunday, October 18, according to Houthi media, as fighting between the two sides in the country’s revived civil war escalates further. The Saba news agency, of the Iran-backed group, said a strike on a home in Saada governorate, in the country’s north, led to the martyrdom of nine people and wounded 16 others, most of them women and children.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, expressed concern over tensions in the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait during talks in Bahrain, according to the Anadolu Agency. The two stressed the importance of maritime safety and the unimpeded passage of vessels through international waterways, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry. Both sides also highlighted the importance of continued cooperation within the OPEC+ framework.

The Kingdom Centre tower in Riyadh ordered mandatory remote work for all office employees, “effective immediately and until further notice”, the building’s management said. The Saudi-led coalition said two pilots died when an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed in Najran Region due to a technical malfunction, coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said — a version the Houthis dispute: spokesman Yahya Saree said late on Saturday that the group had downed an Apache helicopter in the same area.

A Yemeni military source called on employees and citizens to stay away from Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities and advised Aramco shareholders to sell their shares before it is too late, according to Mehr News. The Houthis had already warned Aramco shareholders of what they described as potential financial losses in the coming days, according to al-Masirah, cited by Xinhua.

Houthi armed forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said Saudi warplanes carried out 53 air raids across Yemen in 24 hours, targeting civilian sites in the capital, Sanaa, and the governorates of Taiz, Ibb, Lahj, Saada and Amran, according to Xinhua. Saree said the cumulative number of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation began had reached 2,542, according to the Palestine Chronicle.

The Indian Embassy in Riyadh on Sunday urged Indian nationals in Saudi Arabia to follow updated safety directives issued by the Saudi authorities for people receiving emergency alerts through the National Early Warning Platform for Emergencies. The instructions, shared on social media, advise people to remain calm, follow official directions and move to the nearest safe place inside a building, preferably an interior room away from windows, until the danger has passed, according to The Hindu.

The Saudi-led coalition said an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed in Najran, in Saudi Arabia, due to a technical malfunction, killing two officers. The coalition also said it intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait and four drones over several hours in the Riyadh region, the Eastern Province and southern Saudi Arabia.

A Saudi AH-6i helicopter crashed in the Najran region of Saudi Arabia due to a technical malfunction, killing its two crew members, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said. Yemen’s armed forces said they downed an armed Karayel reconnaissance drone over Hajjah province, the fourth of its kind in recent tensions, spokesman Yahya Saree said.

The Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis towards Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia, according to coalition spokesperson Turki al Maliki, cited by TRT World; on Saturday, he said coalition forces had also intercepted and destroyed four drones over several hours in the Riyadh region, the Eastern Province and southern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Civil Defense issued “potential danger” alerts in Riyadh, Abha and Khamis Mushait and later said the danger had passed. Saudi-led forces said they had struck multiple positions around the Yemeni city of Taiz to break the Houthi siege, according to Al Jazeera. The Houthis claimed to have shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter near the border region of Najran, according to TASS, while Saudi warplanes carried out 53 airstrikes in Yemen over the past 24 hours, according to Xinhua.

The Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union announced on Thursday (October 15) that their summit scheduled for October 24 in Riyadh had been pushed to a later date, according to The Hindu; a statement by the council cited recent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia for the decision.

The United Arab Emirates agreed to resume funding some Yemeni forces fighting Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in exchange for Saudi air support, according to the Guardian. The southern Yemeni forces that will receive payments again are considered among the most effective in the fragmented anti-Houthi camp, according to the Guardian, in a text republished by Opera Mundi.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for an emergency parliamentary session on Saturday to approve any Saudi requests for defense assistance if Egypt receives one from Riyadh, according to Ahram Online. Sisi said his country is prepared to take any measures requested by Saudi Arabia to defend the kingdom’s security and sovereignty, according to state-run Nile TV.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in Baghdad on Saturday that Tehran supports a “political process” to resolve the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis, according to The Hindu. Araghchi repeated Iran’s offer to mediate between the two sides; Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh previously said Riyadh had not responded to Iran’s overture. On Friday, Iran denied involvement in the Houthi attacks after Saudi Arabia accused Tehran of encouraging the group’s escalation.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said his country is prepared to take any measures requested by Saudi Arabia to defend the kingdom’s security and sovereignty, according to the state-run Nile TV, in a Xinhua report. Sisi said the measure requires parliamentary approval and called on parliament to convene an emergency session to authorize action should it be asked to intervene: “I am not talking about waging war against anyone; I am speaking strictly in terms of defense”.

The naval force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared once again that “the Strait of Hormuz is closed, and the passage of ships of various nationalities through the strait is prohibited”, according to the official state IRNA news agency. An oil tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine, according to the Revolutionary Guards. At least two other tankers were reported hit off Saudi Arabia’s coast since yesterday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

Kuwait Airways canceled two flights in and out of Riyadh, citing the closure of the airport and the “security situation” there, the airline said on Saturday (October 10, 2026).

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation (UKMTO) said an oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile 68 nautical miles northeast of Jubail, in Saudi Arabia, according to Mehr News. All crew members were reported safe and evacuated, with no environmental impact observed following the incident, UKMTO said on X.

Yemeni forces and the Saudi-led coalition say they have killed 378 Houthis and destroyed two missile launchers, according to Middle East Eye. The coalition said the destruction took place in Saada Province, Yemen, in a statement early on Saturday, according to CGTN.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghai, denied on Friday, in a statement, any Iranian involvement in the drone and missile attacks, according to Le Monde. The spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, Turki Al-Malki, said coalition forces intercepted and destroyed three drones in the south of the country and in Riyadh, as well as two cruise missiles over the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence lifted the early warning alerts it had issued for Abha city and the Khamis Mushait governorate, according to Middle East Eye.

Yemen’s internationally recognised government said the Houthis launched missiles at Aden airport on Friday, a day after a deadly attack on the presidential palace in the port city. Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said the two missiles landed near the runway, 500 metres from an aircraft preparing to take off, with no injuries among passengers and crew. The Houthis, in a statement attributed to a military source and cited by AFP, said they attacked “the Saudi forces’ command headquarters in the Badr camp in Aden province” and a weapons depot. The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said it downed missiles and drones over Riyadh and other parts of Saudi Arabia.

US President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia should take up Israel’s offer of help against Yemen’s Houthis, according to Middle East Eye. A diplomatic source cited by Haaretz said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had offered Riyadh help against the Houthis through US mediation.

A Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed three drones in the south and in Riyadh, as well as two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, according to coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki. Riyadh's main international airport remains closed after a deadly strike there last week, and since July the Houthis have repeatedly struck Saudi targets including Red Sea tankers, oil facilities and the capital's airport, where 13 people were killed.

Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji said Houthi attacks on civilian, economic and airport facilities in the kingdom constitute full-fledged war crimes, according to Middle East Eye. According to the Saudi official agency SPA, cited by the outlet, Elkhereiji said the attacks crossed all ethical and religious boundaries by deliberately targeting Makkah, Madinah, Umrah performers and visitors.

Saudi Arabia’s civil defence issued on Thursday, on social media, an early warning about “potential danger” in the kingdom’s Jazan province and reported moments later that the threat had passed, warning people to avoid “gathering and filming” in the interest of safety, according to the Middle East Eye.

The Yemeni Armed Forces said on 15 October they intercepted a Saudi Typhoon fighter jet over the governorate of Saada, in the country’s northwest. According to the statement, the jet took off from Taif Air Base and was targeted.

The European Union (EU) and Gulf states agreed to postpone their summit that was due to be held in Saudi Arabia on October 24, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a text published by The Jerusalem Post. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on arrival at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels that the meeting in Riyadh would be postponed, maybe for security reasons. On Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted three missiles and two drones fired by Houthis toward Riyadh and Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran.

Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on October 8, 10, and 11 killed at least 16 people, according to The Jerusalem Post, citing Media Line. The deadliest strike, on October 10, killed 12 people and injured 309 others. On October 13, another attack damaged an administrative building at Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran.

Yemen’s armed forces spokesman Yahya Saree rejected on Thursday that any attack was launched toward Medina, calling the Saudi claim a big and blatant lie, according to the Mehr News Agency. In a statement carried by Al-Masirah, Saree said the Yemeni armed forces did not carry out any targeting operations toward Saudi territory on Thursday.

Since October 6, Houthi strikes against Saudi Arabia have killed at least 20 people and injured almost 400, according to Middle East Eye. The Houthis vowed more attacks after hitting Aramco’s headquarters, facilities in Dhahran, a refinery in Riyadh and Riyadh’s airport over the past week.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that Houthi strikes on Saudi infrastructure could affect the global economy and cited the near closure of Hormuz and disruptions in the Red Sea, which sharply curtailed oil and gas exports and reduced production capacity, according to OilPrice.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepted and destroyed an incoming drone over Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, according to spokesperson Major General Turki al-Maliki, in an X post cited by Middle East Eye; the report came on the same day the Houthis claimed they targeted a Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon over Saada, according to Middle East Eye.

The Houthis claimed to have struck a Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon in the airspace over the Saada governorate, in Yemen. The group’s spokesman, Yahya Saree, said on Telegram that the aircraft had taken off from the Taif base, was hit by a surface-to-air missile and “may crash”, according to TASS. Middle East Eye reports the same claim, with an air-to-air missile.

The US Department of Justice said that Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a former OpenAI engineer, was arrested last week on allegations of placing a secret audio recording device inside an executive conference room at the company. OpenAI discovered the device on 30 September, connected to a USB port behind a television in an executive meeting room at its San Francisco office, according to the FBI complaint. The company said it has no indications, at this time, that the individual inappropriately accessed or exfiltrated model weights, source code or customer data; the employee was terminated.

Countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) taking part in the oil production restraint agreement increased output by 2.31 million barrels per day in September 2026 but still fell 5.42 million barrels short of their targets, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), cited by TASS. In the month, also according to the IEA, Saudi Arabia raised output by 2.33 million barrels per day, Kuwait cut 550,000, Iraq increased 520,000, Oman added 20,000 and Russia, 70,000.

Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday they had targeted facilities belonging to Aramco, after Saudi officials reported a strike on a building in an area housing the energy giant's operations centre. The Houthis also said they had bombed Aramco in Dhahran, in eastern Saudi Arabia, as well as the airport and a refinery in the capital, Riyadh, without specifying the date of the attacks. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko said Russia condemns attacks on any civilian facility, citing the attacks on Riyadh International Airport.

The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards Riyadh, and the Saudi Ministry of Energy confirmed that the administrative building belonging to Aramco in Dhahran was hit, according to Al Jazeera. Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid international airport over the weekend killed 14 people and wounded more than 300 others. The coalition also carried out a strike on a fuel depot near Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled capital, according to its spokesperson, cited by the BBC.

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia could impact people everywhere, as global energy costs rise. The Saudi economy is important for the region and the world, the Fund said, and these developments have potentially negative spillovers for everybody, everywhere.

An administrative Aramco building in Dhahran was struck on Tuesday evening, causing a limited fire with no casualties or fatalities, while debris from two intercepted Houthi cruise missiles wounded four people – two women, a man and a child – and damaged 15 homes in the capital, according to the South China Morning Post.

Debris from two intercepted Houthi missiles injured four people in Riyadh, Saudi civil defence said on Wednesday. The injured are two women, a man and a child, and 15 homes were damaged, civil defence said, adding that the missiles had been launched by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis. The Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile in Al-Kharj Governorate, according to Middle East Eye, citing Reuters.

A Saudi national has been charged with secretly planting a recording device in OpenAI’s office in California, according to federal prosecutors cited by the BBC. The device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room. OpenAI said it discovered a sophisticated recording device and alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Alfozan, 35, was arrested on October 9 and appeared in federal court on October 13, according to the Hindustan Times.

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted missiles fired by the Houthis towards Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran and destroyed three cruise missiles and two drones on Tuesday in Riyadh and the country’s southern region, according to the coalition. Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Houthis are stepping up attacks on infrastructure in Saudi Arabia in a bid to increase energy prices ahead of the US midterm elections and repeated his threat that the US could step up military attacks across the Middle East after the November elections, according to Al Jazeera.

Saudi Arabia has launched a series of strikes on a strategic oil depot on the outskirts of Sana’a, in a fresh escalation of the conflict between Riyadh and the Iran-backed Houthi forces, according to The Guardian. A Saudi strike on an oil company in Ras Issa near Hodeidah killed two people and wounded two others, according to the health ministry affiliated with the Houthis.

King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh remains closed, and a notice to airmen (Notam) indicates the closure will last until at least October 17. Weekend strikes on the airport killed at least 14 people and injured about 320, according to Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia's cabinet, chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, said Yemen's Houthis would face “consequences” for the attacks, according to Saudi state media. The coalition told civilians to evacuate the Yemeni Oil Company's al-Sabaha central station in Sanaa before a military operation.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarie said Aramco facilities are legitimate targets and called on employees and civilians to evacuate the sites, according to The Jerusalem Post. The French embassy in Riyadh told French nationals to avoid the airports in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam and to avoid travelling to those cities unless necessary, according to France 24. The Saudi-led coalition urged civilians to evacuate the Yemen Oil Company’s Sabah central station in Sanaa ahead of a planned military operation, according to France 24.

Suspensions of flights to and from Riyadh now cover several international airlines, which extended cancellations through October 19 after Houthi attacks, and Delta has postponed its first direct US flights to Saudi Arabia to March 2027, according to France24.

Badr Abdelatty of Egypt urged Iran's Abbas Araghchi to help ease regional tensions and demanded that attacks on Saudi Arabia stop immediately, according to Middle East Eye. Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Abdelatty described the attacks as “unacceptable” and said there was “no justification for these attacks”. Abdelatty also urged Tehran and Washington to resume talks, saying diplomacy was the only route to settling their disputes and averting further instability.

Saudi Arabia plans to raise the capacity of the East-West pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz to 10 million barrels per day within two to three years, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said, according to OilPrice. The 740-mile pipeline, also known as Petroline, has a maximum capacity of 7 million barrels per day and returned to service after a two-week suspension following drone attacks in September. Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said the company is studying “additional crude export routes” and working on “expanding overseas storage”.

Brent crude was trading at $105.43 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) at $92.60 per barrel, both slightly down from Monday's close, according to OilPrice. Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said there is no danger for oil exports and called Riyadh “the capital of energy security”, according to OilPrice, which cites the minister.

Four airstrikes on sites in Hodeidah and Amran, in Yemen, were reported by the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV, with no immediate report of casualties, according to Middle East Eye. The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait, while Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said he had struck Riyadh international airport with a ballistic missile, according to TASS.

Saudi Arabia stopped issuing public warnings of imminent military attacks in the days before the deadly strikes on Riyadh airport, which killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 300, according to Reuters. The last alert before the attacks went out on September 29, for Najran province, according to the agency, which says officials from an allied Western government asked Saudi authorities why the alerts had stopped.

Etihad cancelled flights between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, citing “regional disruption”, according to Middle East Eye, and Qatar Airways temporarily suspended flights to and from Riyadh and Dammam, according to the same outlet. Saudi Arabia extended until Saturday the suspension of operations at King Khalid airport in Riyadh, after attacks that killed at least 18 people, according to Al Jazeera.

Saudi warplanes carried out airstrikes on multiple locations in Yemen early Tuesday local time, Houthi media reports, from Harf Sufyan district in Amran governorate, north of Sanaa, to Kamaran island and al-Qanawis district in al-Hodeidah governorate in western Yemen. The Houthis said they targeted the airport in Riyadh late on Monday, after the group’s attacks on King Khalid International airport killed 14 people and injured hundreds in the previous two days. Houthi official Mohammed Al Bukhaiti threatened a quick and painful response against the United States and all its interests in the region if the US gets involved in the aggression against Yemen, in an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP). Asked what he planned to do about the Houthis, Trump said they are “misbehaving very badly”.

The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, said the coalition intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis toward the Khamis Mushait governorate on Monday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi offered to help facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in a call with his Saudi counterpart amid deadly attacks, according to The Jerusalem Post. Xinhua reported that Iran voiced readiness to provide any kind of assistance to help initiate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

The Houthis said they hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile in a precise strike and an airbase in Khamis Mushait with a drone, and warned international air carriers and passengers against flying to Saudi airports, according to TASS. Saudi Arabia said it destroyed a ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh, according to G1.

Saudi Arabia rejected an Israeli offer to join the Saudi forces in Yemen, according to Middle East Eye, which cites a diplomatic source heard by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The same account says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting, through US mediation, to persuade Riyadh to allow Israel to intervene in Yemen, but Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman remains uninterested.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said Saudi attacks in Yemen on Sunday killed and wounded civilians, including women and children, according to Middle East Eye. According to the statement, the Saudi Air Force carried out 119 airstrikes in 24 hours against civilian targets in the capital, Sanaa, and in the provinces of Taiz, Saada, Marib, Lahj, Al-Bayda and Ibb. Still according to the statement, the total number of Saudi attacks since the escalation has reached 2,177.

The Houthi official Mohammed Al Bukhaiti warned of a swift and painful response against the United States (US) and all its interests in the region if Washington enters the Yemen war, according to AFP. Bukhaiti also told employees and workers at Saudi oil facilities and airports to stay away from these sites, because they have become legitimate targets. Following a Saturday attack on an airport that killed 13 people, US President Donald Trump said he is considering joining Saudi strikes against the group, after having reportedly rebuffed previous requests. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said the events of recent weeks are serious and that the response must be equally serious.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday the UK is ready to consider further requests of support for Saudi Arabia, according to Middle East Eye. The offer comes after Houthi attacks on the kingdom escalated in recent days, the deadliest of which killed at least 12 and injured more than 300. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey stands beside Saudi Arabia against “unlawful and inhumane attacks”.

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister vowed a “serious” response to Houthi attacks on the kingdom’s airports and oil and gas facilities, according to BBC News. On Sunday, a Pakistani man was killed in an attack on a terminal at the capital’s King Khalid International Airport, a day after a Houthi missile hit another terminal, killing 12 people and forcing its closure, Saudi authorities said; the toll rose to 13 after an injured Indian national died, according to the Indian embassy. With attacks on Saudi Arabia and on oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz back at the center of supply concerns, oil climbed to its highest levels in nearly two weeks on Monday morning, according to OilPrice.com.

The General Authority of Civil Aviation extended the suspension of operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh to complete the necessary procedures to verify the safety of the facilities and their operational readiness, according to Reuters, in a text republished by Middle East Eye. A new attack hit Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack on the airport killed at least 12 people and injured more than 300, according to France24. US government employees in Saudi Arabia now require special authorization to use the airports in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, according to Sputnik. The United Kingdom updated its official guidance on Sunday to advise against all but essential travel to all airports in Saudi Arabia except Medina International Airport.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Tehran is “deeply concerned” about developments in the Arabian Peninsula and declared it ready “to help facilitate dialogue between the parties,” according to The Hindu. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that he discussed the ongoing conflict between Riyadh and the Houthis with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan and said, according to Sputnik, that the region’s crises have no military solution and that Iran is ready to provide any form of assistance to initiate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen and reach a political settlement.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged to support Saudi Arabia “in every possible way” after Houthi attacks on the airports in Riyadh and Abha; the Riyadh attack killed at least 12 people and injured 309, according to Media Line, in a text republished by the Jerusalem Post. Sharif invoked the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, under which an attack against one country is considered an attack against all, and said Pakistan “will not tolerate any kind of aggression.”

Saudi Arabia is reportedly running low on interceptor missiles amid intensifying Houthi strikes, and the death toll from the 10/10 attack on King Khalid International Airport rose to 13 after an injured Indian national died, as confirmed by the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, according to the Hindustan Times. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree reiterated on Sunday the warning to airlines, businesses and travellers against operating flights to Saudi airports, as unsafe, according to the same paper.

The diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Anwar Gargash, said on Monday that targeting Saudi Arabia undermines the security of the UAE and all Gulf states, amid repeated attacks on Saudi Arabia during the past week, according to the Khaleej Times. Gargash called for revitalising joint Gulf action, particularly in its security and defence dimensions, and said Gulf security is indivisible and that all are targets.

The United States (US) Department of State urged on Sunday “extreme caution” at all major airports in Saudi Arabia, following the attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh the day before, according to Xinhua. The US mission advised citizens to avoid the Riyadh airport and said that US government employees require special authorization to use the airports in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, according to Arab News.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan and Türkiye, as the R4 Group, condemned on Sunday the ongoing Houthi attacks on the Kingdom, including those launched against King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which killed and injured civilians and damaged civilian infrastructure, calling them a “blatant violation of international law” and a “flagrant violation” of Saudi sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to Arab News. The group reaffirmed solidarity with Saudi Arabia, with full support for all “legitimate measures and steps” the country takes to respond to the attacks, according to Reuters, in a text republished by the Lufkin Daily News.

India's embassy in Riyadh asked Indian nationals in Saudi Arabia to refrain from sharing and circulating videos related to the ongoing events. The embassy said one Indian national died in the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and that three others are in intensive care, in stable condition.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told US airlines on Sunday to exercise caution when flying to or over Saudi Arabia, citing safety threats tied to ongoing military activity, with potential risk at all altitudes, including overflight, arrival and departure. Riyadh airport remains closed to flights through at least 5 p.m. EDT Monday, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Yemenʼs Houthis towards Khamis Mushait, according to the Middle East Eye. Emergency alerts were issued early on Monday in Abha, in Saudi Arabiaʼs south, but the danger has since passed, according to the Saudi Civil Defense, cited by the same outlet.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart about the recent escalation of the regional conflict and efforts to lower tensions, the officials’ first publicly reported contact since Iran-aligned Houthis intensified strikes on the kingdom, according to the Saudi state news agency, in a Reuters report republished by the Jerusalem Post.

Syria’s central bank said on Sunday that it issued its first letter of credit in 14 years to facilitate a petroleum products supply deal between the Syrian Petroleum Company and Saudi Aramco, according to the Jerusalem Post. The bank said the transaction was arranged in coordination with a major US bank, which it did not name, opening a channel to finance oil imports and settle payments through the formal banking system.

Sunday’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh left one person dead and 11 wounded, according to Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority. The person killed was a Pakistani national living in the country, according to TASS. Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it would “respond decisively” against the Iranian-backed Houthis, a day after a strike on Riyadh’s international airport, according to The Washington Post.

Iran’s foreign minister said the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to provide any assistance to help start dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen and reach a political solution, according to Mehr News. The minister also expressed concern about the escalation of tensions and said that insisting on a military approach and ignoring a political solution will complicate the current situation.

A new attack struck a passenger terminal at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, starting a fire and injuring people, according to Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said the attack “resulted in injuries” but gave no figure, and confirmed there are casualties, according to Sputnik Globe. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree renewed his warning against using Saudi airports and airspace, according to Middle East Eye.

The Houthis said they carried out four operations in 24 hours with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, according to spokesman Yahya Saria. According to him, the targets included an Aramco gas facility in Shedgum and an oil facility in Tanajib in eastern Saudi Arabia, followed by fires, as well as King Khalid airport in Riyadh and King Fahd airport in Dammam, where he said navigation was suspended.

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed 136 military targets in areas controlled by the Houthis in a large-scale operation on Saturday. Almasirah TV, run by the Houthis, reported that Saudi missiles targeted areas in the northwestern Yemeni governorate of Saada.

An unidentified projectile struck one of the passenger terminals at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, causing a fire, according to the Saudi-led coalition. Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said the projectile struck Terminal 4 and that emergency teams were working to contain the fire. On Saturday, a separate attack on the same airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300.

Saturday's attack on Riyadh airport killed twelve people and wounded 309, the deadliest Saudi Arabia has seen in ten years, according to Le Monde. A French citizen is among the wounded, according to the newspaper. Russia condemned the attack and called on the parties to the conflicts in the Arabian Peninsula to refrain from strikes on civilian infrastructure, according to TASS, citing the Russian foreign ministry.

Houthi-affiliated media reported on Sunday an attack on Yemen's Sanaa International Airport that it said was carried out by Saudi Arabia, according to Middle East Eye. The same media reported that the Harf Sufyan district in the governorate of Amran, north of Sanaa, was targeted with seven air strikes, according to the same source.

The Houthis renewed their warning on Sunday to airlines, workers and travelers not to use airports in Saudi Arabia and said the warning should be taken seriously, after the attack on Riyadh’s international airport. According to Saudi authorities, cited by The Jerusalem Post, Saturday’s attack left 12 dead and more than 300 wounded. Saudi civil aviation extended the closure of King Khalid airport until 5 p.m. (UTC-4) on Sunday, under a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). India condemned the attack, cited the 12 dead and more than 300 wounded and called attacks on civilians completely unacceptable.

Yemen's Saba news agency said Saudi Arabia targeted the Majz district in Saada province six times, in northern Yemen, according to Mehr News. Schools in Riyadh will move to remote learning for a week, by order of the education ministry, according to an email sent to parents on Sunday, following the deadly attacks on the capital's airport. All flights were diverted from Riyadh on Saturday and operations at the airport, which serves a city of roughly 8 million people, were temporarily suspended, the Saudi civil aviation authority said.

The UN secretary-general, António Guterres, condemned the Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which reportedly killed 12 people and injured hundreds of civilians, according to TASS. The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem al-Budaiwi, called the attacks “treacherous terrorist attacks”. Asked on Saturday whether he had changed his mind about joining Saudi strikes on the group, Donald Trump said the United States “may”. Four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, one US citizen, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian and one Sudanese are among the 12 dead, according to Le Monde.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, including Saturday’s attack on King Khalid airport in Riyadh, according to Al Jazeera. In a statement, Rubio said Washington strongly condemns the attacks by what he called terrorist Houthis and confirmed that the airport strike killed numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen, according to TASS.

Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 people and wounded 309, according to Middle East Eye. The dead included four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi nationals, one US citizen, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian and one Sudanese, according to NPR. US President Donald Trump said he is evaluating whether the country should join Saudi strikes against the Houthis after the Saturday attack, according to NPR.

The Saudi-led coalition said a projectile fell near Dammam airport. Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said Saturday evening that the projectile fell near King Fahd International Airport in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam, according to Xinhua, in a text republished by NAMPA. Reuters reported the same day that the coalition said the projectile fell in the vicinity of Dammam airport.

A missile struck the complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights at Riyadh’s King Khalid airport, wounding many people, according to The Hindu. As a precaution, the airport will remain closed to arrivals and departures until about midnight local time, according to TASS. US President Donald Trump said the United States may join Saudi strikes against the Houthis and will decide quickly, according to The Jerusalem Post. After learning of the attack, he said: “We may. We’re going to look at it,” according to The Hindu.

The King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh temporarily suspended operations after an attack on Saturday that wounded several people, according to France 24. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said the number of wounded was still being assessed and that operations remained suspended pending the completion of the damage assessment and the verification of the safety of the facilities, according to France 24. Reuters reported that several people were wounded in the attack, according to the civil aviation authority. A diplomatic source attributed Saturday’s attack to a missile fired by the Houthis, and the group did not announce a new attack on Saturday, according to France 24.

A loud explosion was heard at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, with parts of the terminal evacuated and more than a dozen ambulances rushing to the site, according to an eyewitness and people briefed on the matter cited by Reuters, in a text republished by the Jerusalem Post. The airport suspended operations and stopped serving inbound and outbound flights, TASS reported. Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways canceled multiple flights between their hubs and Riyadh, with some cancellations extending into Monday, according to Reuters. A medical source told AFP that dozens of people were injured at the airport, at least five of them in intensive care, in a strike that a diplomatic source attributed to the Houthis, according to Middle East Eye. The airport had already been attacked twice this week, leaving four people dead, others wounded and an aircraft damaged, according to Reuters.

A pilot for the flagship carrier Saudia is among the three dead in the Houthi missile attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which threaten to choke off business travel, according to the Wall Street Journal, in a text republished by the Hindustan Times.

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed 136 military targets in areas controlled by the Houthis in a large-scale operation, according to Le Monde. Saudi Arabia said Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s international airport earlier this week killed three people, according to Le Monde. Yemen’s government said 1,400 Houthis were killed in 2,750 strikes, according to the Middle East Eye.

Turkey, Qatar and Kuwait condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi airports earlier this week, which killed three Saudi nationals and damaged property, according to Middle East Eye. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry denounced “in the strongest terms” the strikes on Abha International Airport in the south and King Khalid International Airport, according to the same report.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Friday it was carrying out a wide-ranging operation against the elements and capabilities of the Houthis, according to a statement by the coalition spokesperson. The statement said that 136 military targets had been destroyed in areas controlled by the Houthis, adding that the coalition was providing round-the-clock air support to Yemeni government forces. The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, told the Security Council that the country had slid back into full-scale war. According to the UN, at least 46 civilians have been killed and more than 130 injured since August in the fighting.

Houthi media reported that Saudi strikes on Sanaa airport killed two people on Friday, a day after the group launched strikes against Riyadh’s airport, which it said killed three people.

Pakistan says it has a substantial contingent of forces and resources in Saudi Arabia in a defensive capacity, amid Houthi attacks. The Pakistani foreign ministry spokesperson said those troops would not cross the border to attack the Houthis and would act in defence of Saudi territory. The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, 2026 by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, commits the three countries to treat an armed attack against one member as an attack against all.

The United States (US) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued alerts after the Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport. The US Embassy in Jordan issued a travel advisory to Americans in the Middle East, pointing to the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport, and EASA recommended that airlines not operate within additional portions of Saudi airspace.

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had destroyed 82 Houthi military targets across several provinces, in a large-scale operation, according to CGTN. Coalition spokesman Turki Al Maliki said on X that the operation targeted sites in Saada, Hodeidah, Al-Jawf and Marib. The Houthi group said Saudi Arabia had carried out 156 air and missile strikes on Sanaa, the capital it controls.

Saudi Arabia confirmed three deaths in attacks on airports over two days, with two people killed and 28 wounded in Abha, according to the BBC. Three Saudi citizens were killed in two Thursday attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and a Saudia aircraft, according to the Associated Press.

India advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia to remain alert and follow local authorities, condemned the attacks on civilian infrastructure as completely unacceptable, and saw Air India and Air India Express flights to and from Riyadh cancelled until October 10, 2026, according to The Hindu.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, including the strikes on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, which resulted in casualties, saying Pakistan stands in unwavering solidarity with the kingdom on sovereignty, territorial integrity and security, under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, according to the Middle East Eye.

The Houthis said they struck Riyadh airport with a ballistic missile, badly damaging a plane, according to The Guardian. Lufthansa and Air India suspended flights to Riyadh. Saudi Arabia did not comment on the claim but confirmed three killed in airport strikes earlier this week.

Reuters reported that Syria is considering providing military assistance to Saudi Arabia, including defensive aid or sending forces to fight the Houthis alongside Riyadh-backed Yemeni troops. Ahmad Zaidan, media adviser to Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara, denied the reports and called any Saudi request for Syrian forces in Saudi Arabia or Yemen “lies”. Syria’s foreign ministry condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi civilian installations, including Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport, which killed three people and injured 36.

France and Saudi Arabia are studying options involving French military assets to protect the Yanbu oil terminal, France’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Fabien Mandon, said in a parliamentary hearing, according to Middle East Eye. France has already deployed around 2,000 troops to the region to protect Gulf allies, including Qatar and Kuwait, Mandon added.

Saudi authorities said Houthi strikes on the airports in Riyadh and Abha killed three people and injured dozens, according to The New York Times. Air India said flight AI2243, from Delhi to Riyadh, returned to Delhi on Thursday in the interest of passenger and crew safety; the service was cancelled, with full refunds offered. Flights were disrupted after Iran-aligned Houthi rebels reportedly targeted Saudi Arabia, including a missile fired towards Riyadh International Airport, according to The Hindu.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Turkey will not send troops to Yemen to fight Houthi forces, despite its defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, according to Firstpost. Fidan said the deal is defensive and does not authorise attacks on another country's territory. The Mecca Agreement, signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in August, commits the three to mutual defence, with an armed attack on one member treated as an attack on all three.

The Houthis said they struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile on October 7 — the second time this week they claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital, according to Al-Monitor. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a post on X that the group’s armed forces struck the airport and that the strike was “accurate, by God’s grace,” and caused an “air traffic disruption.” The Saudi-led military coalition backing Yemen’s government said the missile was intercepted.

Yemen's armed forces announced they had downed over Taiz a Turkish-made, Saudi-owned Bayraktar Akinci armed reconnaissance drone, hit with an appropriate weapon, according to Mehr News.

Syria is considering giving military assistance to Saudi Arabia in the war against the Houthis — with options including defensive aid or deploying forces in support of Saudi-backed Yemeni troops — although the Syrian president's media adviser denies that Riyadh requested Syrian forces, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Houthi attacks on the international airports of Abha and King Khalid, in Riyadh, took place on October 6 and 7, according to the BBC — two women died in Abha and a Sudanese resident in Riyadh, with 28 and 8 wounded respectively. Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority (Gaca) attributes 3 dead and 36 wounded to the attacks. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group's forces hit King Khalid airport, in Riyadh, with a ballistic missile, disrupting air traffic. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed the launch platform used in the Riyadh attack and then 82 legitimate military targets, including Houthi mountain-based missile facilities and command-and-control centers. UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the continued Houthi cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia. The UN said on Wednesday that the fighting in Yemen displaced more than 200,000 people.

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed 82 targets in a “comprehensive operation” across Saada, Hodeidah, al-Jawf and Marib, according to spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki. According to him, the targets included 11 mountain-based ballistic missile storage sites in Saada, as well as command and control centres, communications systems, missile and weapons depots. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the Ansar Allah movement launched ballistic missile strikes on coalition positions south of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Three people were killed and 36 others were injured in two attacks on international airports in Saudi Arabia, according to the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation, in a TASS report. In the strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, a Sudanese national was killed and eight others were injured, including five Saudis, two Egyptians and one Pakistani.

Saudi Arabia launched an air safety probe into the flydubai flight FZ1073 incident, alongside the UAE-led criminal investigation, according to three people close to the matter, in a Reuters report republished by The Straits Times. The country notified specialist aviation agencies abroad that it would carry out a safety investigation under international rules; the flight was in Saudi airspace when the co-pilot attacked the captain with an axe. Israel has offered to take part in any Saudi-led safety investigation but has not so far been invited, according to the head of Israel’s air accident agency, to Reuters.

Turkey is sending mainly defensive and technical support to Saudi Arabia to help it fight Yemen’s Houthis, two officials said on Wednesday, according to Reuters, in a text republished by the Jerusalem Post. The support expected would be only military equipment, intelligence sharing and weapons systems, with no other form of deployment by the alliance so far, according to the officials. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, after a meeting of the Mecca alliance, that the sides had discussed what support to provide Saudi Arabia for its defensive capabilities.

The attack on Aden airport gains detail: a missile landed near the runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was to land, according to Al Jazeera via Yemen’s government. Yemen’s government says the Houthis targeted the runway and passenger terminal with at least two ballistic missiles and drones; the Houthis say they targeted Saudi military supplies at the Badr camp, and the Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a ballistic missile north of Riyadh.

Brent rose 93 cents, to $101.51 a barrel, according to Mehr News. The gains reflected supply fears from a storm heading for US oil-producing regions and attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah movement on Saudi Arabia, according to Reuters, in a text republished by Mehr News. Brent for December delivery stood at $101.45 as of 02:30 GMT, up 0.87%, according to Al Jazeera.

Reports indicate that explosions were heard in Riyadh without any prior warning being announced, according to Mehr News. Saudi authorities had not commented by the time of publication on reports of suspended airport operations and the downing of the drone. The Houthis claim to have shot down a Saudi CH-4 reconnaissance and strike drone in the airspace of Al-Jawf, according to TASS.

Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said airports in Najran and Jizan were hit on Monday, with three lightly injured and damage to both facilities, according to AP, in a text republished by PBS News. The Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Khamis Mushait, a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia home to a major Saudi military base. Al Jazeera reported two powerful explosions near Aden international airport, in a Middle East Eye live blog update.

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the city of Khamis Mushait, in southern Saudi Arabia, according to Middle East Eye. The coalition also said it intercepted a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis, according to the Hindustan Times.

Turkey plans to step up its military support for Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks by deploying additional personnel and defence equipment amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom, several Turkish officials told Middle East Eye on Tuesday, October 6. In a joint statement on Monday, Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia said they had decided to immediately implement their collective defence commitments under the Makkah Alliance for Defence. Two Turkish officials said the country had maintained technical teams, air defence systems and electronic warfare equipment in the kingdom since last year to protect critical infrastructure, including energy facilities.

The Houthis said on Monday, October 5, that they had struck Riyadh’s international airport, a refinery and other sites in Saudi Arabia, in fighting that the UN says displaced more than 184,000 people and made the country the most active front in the regional war, while Pakistan and Turkiye pledged to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new defence pact after weeks of Houthi attacks, according to The Hindu.

ASEAN energy ministers are meeting this week to discuss regional energy security against supply disruptions caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, and the 11 members imported about half of their oil needs from the Middle East before the war that began in late February and were left exposed to the effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Jazeera. Saudi Aramco chief Amin Nasser said the conflict reduced oil supply from the region by nearly 3bn barrels, with over 1bn barrels released from reserves, and estimated that less than 6bn barrels of commercial inventories remain, according to the Middle East Eye.

In a claimed detailed account of the three operations, the Houthis say they launched three missile and drone operations against targets in Saudi Arabia on Monday night, according to Xinhua. According to the Houthis, the claimed targets were King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh and Abha airport, King Khalid Air Base, Aqifa camp and other sites in Najran and Jazan. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities and the reported damage could not be independently verified. The Saudi-led coalition says, in turn, that it foiled a plot targeting southern Red Sea waterways in an operation in Hodeidah.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye decided on Monday, October 5, to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the rapid deployment of the agreed forces to Saudi territory, according to Reuters in a text republished by The Hindu, a move Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry describes as providing the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensuring their rapid deployment to the kingdom, according to Al Jazeera. Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman said the activation responds to the attacks and all those responsible for them, according to Al Jazeera.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it had destroyed a ballistic-missile launch platform in Sanaa and a depot housing 20 ballistic missiles in northwestern Saada, according to the Middle East Eye.

Forces allied with Yemen’s internationally recognized government retook the town of Dhubab, just north of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, as well as Bab and Hadeid, Yemeni officials told the AP in a text republished by The Hindu. Saudi-led coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said 100 fighter jets were supporting the Yemeni government forces, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Saudi-backed government was expected to hit back to reclaim territory, according to the AP in a text republished by The Hindu.

The Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said drone and missile attacks targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The same statement said the Aramco refinery in Rabigh was also hit, along with military installations and smaller airports in the country’s south. According to Middle East Eye, the group targeted King Khalid International Airport for the second time on Monday. The Houthis declared Saudi airspace an open theatre for their operations, except the holy airspaces of Makkah and Madinah. UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern over the “strong escalation” of the fighting in Yemen and condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi territory, according to AFP.

Forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government recaptured Dhubab, just north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, along with Bab and Hadeid, under Saudi coalition cover, according to the Times of India. Saudi coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said 100 fighter jets are supporting government forces and that the coalition secured air protection of the strait. The escalation killed at least 959 people and wounded more than 4,200, with about 174,097 displaced inside Yemen, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed to immediately implement their collective defence commitments, with the rapid deployment of agreed military forces and capabilities into Saudi Arabia, according to the Times of India. Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman said the alliance committee agreed to activate collective deterrence measures in response to attacks by the Houthi group. Pakistan and Turkey announced military support for Saudi Arabia after the emergency meeting of the alliance committee, in a joint statement by the three foreign ministers, according to the Middle East Eye.

Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi Arabia say they have secured the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the start of a major offensive against the Houthis, according to the BBC. A Yemeni military spokesman said the Giants Brigades and National Shield forces are besieging Houthi fighters in Dhubab, a Red Sea coastal town, after taking its airport and cutting the road to the port city of Mokha. Houthi-run media denied that government forces had advanced in the Dhubab area. The Saudi-led military coalition said its fighter jets destroyed more than 300 high-value targets in strikes supporting the offensive, according to the BBC.

Yemen's military said it carried out more than 1,000 strikes and began an offensive against the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, with 100 planes from the Saudi-led coalition flying sorties at dawn, according to The Hindu, in an AFP report. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said 100 jets flew at daybreak in the operation dubbed “Dawn of Yemen”, providing “round-the-clock air support for the Yemeni armed forces on the ground”, according to The Hindu. The Houthis effectively encircled the city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to Aden, also according to The Hindu.

The coordination center for humanitarian operations controlled by the Houthis called on airlines to avoid Saudi Arabia’s airspace, according to TASS, citing the Houthi-controlled SABA agency. The same center said the kingdom’s airspace “will become a theater of military operations” for the rebel forces. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an advisory to airlines to avoid Saudi airspace, according to Reuters, following a recent increase in Houthi attacks.

Saudi Aramco’s chief executive said, according to Reuters, that replenishing global crude and fuel stocks could take two years. According to Nasser, Saudi Arabia’s maximum sustainable production capacity of 12 million barrels per day could be made available within days, and Aramco is studying new routes to bypass Hormuz.

The Saudi-led coalition joined Operation Yemen Dawn to wrest the Red Sea from the Houthis, according to the Times of India.

Yemen’s foreign ministry asked for international community support to confront the Houthis, described as a terrorist militia, according to Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba, who called that support a shared responsibility. The Saudi-led Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen pledged full support for the offensive announced by the Yemeni government against the Houthis, according to CNN.

Yemen’s Saudi-backed government declared a “battle for liberation” to retake the territory still held by the Houthis, according to Al Jazeera. AP News reported that the Yemeni government declared a major operation against the Houthis.

Smoke rose from a foam factory in Yemen's Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, after a strike that the Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah attributed to Saudi Arabia, according to Middle East Eye. Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces said they carried out strikes on Houthi targets in Sanaa and elsewhere on Sunday, according to Middle East Eye.

The Houthis said they launched ballistic missiles and drones at an Aramco facility in Riyadh, in a statement posted on X on Saturday by military spokesman Yahya Saree. The spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, Turki al-Maliki, called the claims of an attack on Riyadh “misleading”. Early on Sunday, the coalition said it carried out 97 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi reinforcements on the Tor al-Baha front and the Taiz axis, using warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and snipers. A tanker reported seeing several explosions about 60 nautical miles south of the Yemeni port city of Mocha in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The Houthis also said they forced two Saudi F-15 formations to withdraw from Taiz’s airspace with locally made anti-aircraft missiles.

Turkey said the Strategic Political and Defense Committee of the Mecca defence pact, which includes Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, will meet in Riyadh on Monday, according to Middle East Eye. The meeting will address recent developments in the region and the stage reached in the Alliance's institutionalisation efforts, the Turkish ministry statement said. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Riyadh with the defence minister and the chief of staff for the committee meeting of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, an alliance founded in August with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, according to the Anadolu Agency.

Saudi Arabia has not reported an attack on Aramco in Riyadh, nor has the state oil giant commented on the cause of the fire, according to Al Jazeera. The Saudi-led coalition said it carried out 97 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi reinforcements on the Tor al-Baha front and the Taiz axis, according to the Yemeni government.

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said the group struck an oil facility in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, claiming the attacks caused fires. In a post on X, he said the strikes were a response to Saudi air raids on territory the group controls in Yemen, including Sanaa. An AFP journalist at the scene reported seeing fire engines trying to extinguish a blaze at Aramco’s Riyadh refinery, with ambulances and police vehicles stationed nearby.

Crude shipments from the Gulf region returned to pre-war levels between September 1 and 28, with at least 16.5 million barrels per day, according to maritime intelligence and research firm Kpler, in a report by The Times of India. Before the war, 83% of the region’s crude crossed the Strait of Hormuz; in September, 40% was exported through pipelines in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without crossing the strait. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said member countries had released 325 million barrels of oil and oil products from strategic reserves, out of 400 million barrels pledged in March.

Blasts were heard in Sanaa, and the Houthis blamed the attacks on Saudi Arabia, according to France24. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed four drones launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait, in southern Saudi Arabia, as well as two ballistic missiles, according to Israel National News.

Flames and smoke were seen rising from a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh on Saturday, an AFP journalist at the scene said. A large plume of smoke and fire was seen in the vicinity of an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital, a witness told Reuters, in a text republished by Middle East Eye.

Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces are planning a major counteroffensive against the Houthi Ansar Allah movement, but the United States is not yet prepared to participate, according to TASS. Washington has rebuffed, for the second time in recent weeks, the Saudi request to join the operation and conduct airstrikes against Houthi positions, and had provided Riyadh with more than 200 Houthi targets to strike, TASS reported.

The Saudi-led coalition accused the Houthis of striking the Taibah electricity distribution station with a drone, which provides power to the Prophet’s Mosque, in Medina, according to Euronews. A senior Houthi official again rejected allegations that the movement had targeted Islamic holy sites, calling them a “lie”. Turkey condemned the alleged attack and voiced support for Saudi Arabia.

The United States sent one additional Patriot battery to Saudi Arabia to protect a key oil facility and another to Qatar to protect a natural gas facility, according to Axios, in a report published by Middle East Eye. Gulf allies, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, already operate their own batteries, but have relied on Washington for additional protection as they have borne the brunt of Iran's retaliation for US and Israeli attacks.

Pakistan sent four cargo planes of armaments to the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government of Yemen in September, with delivery in Aden, according to Reuters, in a report published by Middle East Eye. The shipment included air defence systems, light artillery, drones and anti-drone systems, and Pakistani military advisers are on the ground with their Saudi counterparts.

Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against the Houthis in Yemen, with options including a coastal push to secure the Red Sea shipping route, according to Reuters, in a text published by Al-Monitor. The operation would be led on the ground by Yemeni forces overseen by Riyadh and supported by Saudi air strikes, according to six people with knowledge of the preparations. The central goal is to reverse the Houthis’ rapid gains last month, when they advanced down the coast and seized control of the Bab el-Mandeb strait. More than 100,000 Yemeni troops could be mobilized, depending on the scale of the offensive.

Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia will hold an emergency meeting of the strategic political defence committee under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Riyadh next week, according to The Times of India. The agenda includes the Houthi attacks and pursuing political engagement with the Houthis instead of kinetic action, according to The Times of India. Under the pact, an armed attack on any one of the three countries is to be treated as an attack on all three. Pakistan’s foreign minister said that more than six other countries want to join the agreement, according to Middle East Eye.

Saudi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on the Saqayn district in Yemen’s northern province of Saada, according to Mehr News. There were no reports of casualties or damages, the outlet said.

The United States deployed two additional Patriot air defense batteries to protect oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to TASS, citing an Axios report. According to that report, Washington wants to assure its allies that it will protect their key energy sites in case a decision is made to resume a full-fledged operation against Iran.

A preliminary Saudi investigation into the emergency landing of a Flydubai flight found that the captain was assaulted by his co-pilot, the Interior Ministry said. Flight FZ1073, from Dubai to Tel Aviv, diverted to Tabuk airport with 174 passengers and eight crew members on board and arrived “safely” at 9:45am local time (06:45 GMT).

The Saudi-led coalition delivered new strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and the provinces of Amran, Saada and Taiz, according to the Houthi movement Ansar Allah, citing the Houthi-controlled SABA news agency, in a text published by TASS. Explosions were heard in Sanaa, Houthis and AFP said. No information on casualties or damage is available at this point.

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said the flydubai co-pilot was transferred to the United Arab Emirates, according to The Hindu. In the same report, asked whether the United States would retaliate against Tehran if Iran was behind the attack, President Donald Trump said Iran would be hit hard: “Oh they'll be hit, very hard, don't worry.”

The Saudi-led coalition accused the Iran-backed Houthis of carrying out a drone attack on the Taibah power distribution station in Medina on Tuesday, according to Al Arabiya. Coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said the Houthis targeted the Taibah station on Tuesday, damaging a transformer and knocking it out of service. The Houthis deny the claim, according to Al Jazeera.

Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, will reportedly demand at the security cabinet the extradition of the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly attempted to crash the Tel Aviv-bound plane with nearly 180 people onboard on Wednesday, according to the Hindustan Times, citing the Jerusalem Post. The suspect is being held in Saudi Arabia, where the aircraft carrying 174 people, including 27 children, made an emergency landing at Tabuk on Wednesday after an altercation in the cockpit. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Attorney-General Hamad Al Shamsi ordered the formation of a team of specialised Public Prosecution members to investigate the circumstances.

Sanaa’s forces said Saudi jets carried out 51 air and missile strikes in Yemen in 24 hours against civilian telecommunications networks in Marib, Saada, Hodeida, Taiz and Amran, according to the Yemen Press Agency, which brought the total since the escalation began to 1,209, according to Al-Manar.

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman called British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting on Wednesday, and the two reviewed the two countries' strategic defense relations and discussed joint efforts to address regional issues, according to the Saudi Gazette.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said passengers and crew members stopped an attempted midair hijacking of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv after one of the pilots stabbed the other and tried to crash the aircraft, according to VINnews. The airline said the reason for the altercation between the pilots is unknown and is under formal investigation. Both pilots were injured and taken to a hospital after landing in Tabuk, according to airport officials.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Islamabad will use “whatever means are available” to defend Saudi Arabia against the Houthis, according to Arab News. Speaking in Rome, he declined to say whether Pakistani forces had already taken part in airstrikes, according to Arab News. The pledge is presented as an obligation under the new mutual defence pact, under which Islamabad would make “whatever means” available to Riyadh if it faces a Houthi threat, according to Al Jazeera.

A FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv landed safely at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia after an incident en route, with all passengers safe, according to Al Jazeera. Israeli officials told local media the diversion followed a physical fight between the pilots, ruling out a hijacking — the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was no hijack scare. The plane was carrying around 150 people, most of them Israeli, according to the BBC.

Saudi Arabia appears to be mending fences with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to push back a Houthi offensive in Yemen that threatens the Saudi Red Sea oil export corridor, with drones already striking Riyadh, according to Middle East Eye. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted the Emirati vice president, Mansour bin Zayed, in Riyadh on Tuesday, in the most visible reconciliation effort after disputes over Sudan, Yemen and Somaliland.

A senior Saudi official denied on Wednesday reports of a meeting taking place between representatives from Saudi Arabia and Israeli officials, according to Middle East Eye. The denial responds to Israeli media reports that representatives from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Libya, Qatar and Morocco were also present at the meeting.

The United States (US) Treasury sanctioned ten individuals and companies accused of procuring weapons and parts for Iran’s military, with representatives and technology firms based in China, Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia among those accused. Three of the sanctioned entities were located in Iran. The Treasury said the action further degrades the Iranian regime’s ability to reconstitute its weapons programs and increases the costs for those who choose to aid Tehran’s military procurement efforts. The sanctions were undertaken as part of Operation Economic Outcast, a Treasury Department effort to further restrict Iran’s access to global markets.

Yemen’s internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government alleged that the Houthis, backed by Tehran, have modified Iranian air defence weapons into loitering cruise missiles with the assistance of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Al Jazeera. Iranian authorities have not commented on details of the allegations but have broadly denied directing the Houthis, stressing the Yemeni group’s independence. President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected a connection between Iran and Houthi actions in an interview with Al Jazeera and urged Saudi Arabia and the Houthis to negotiate.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in Washington on September 28 to discuss regional security, including shipping safety in the Strait of Hormuz and the situation in Yemen, according to Al Jazeera. Rubio said they also discussed Iran, Gaza and Sudan, while the Saudi state agency SPA reported that the two discussed political and security developments in the region and the situation in Yemen.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Washington on Monday for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to Reuters. Rubio and Faisal met at the State Department as Saudi Arabia seeks US backing for its military campaign against the Houthis, according to Al-Monitor. The visit comes two days after Saudi Arabia said it intercepted multiple Houthi drones and ballistic missiles, also according to Al-Monitor.

Saudi Arabia’s defence minister invited UAE Vice President Mansour bin Zayed to the kingdom for a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday, according to Saudi state media. In July, top officials and ministers in both countries posted messages about friendship and unity on social media, signalling a rapprochement months after a public fallout over Yemen, according to Middle East Eye.

Saudi Arabia is exporting 6 million barrels per day of crude oil in September, equivalent to the country’s monthly average in 2025, according to CNBC, with data from Kpler. Riyadh ramped up exports even after closing the critical East–West oil pipeline due to damage sustained in a drone attack, according to CNBC. Flows through Hormuz reached a seven-day average of 13.2 million barrels per day, compared with around 17 million before the Iran war, according to Kpler, via CNBC.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is ready to help facilitate an agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, according to The Diplomatic Insight. In remarks to Al Jazeera, he denied Iranian involvement in the conflict and said that what is happening in Yemen is not linked to Iran, according to the Times of India.

Yemen’s Armed Forces said they shot down an armed Karayel spy drone belonging to Saudi Arabia over the Al-Tinah area in Hajjah province, according to the spokesperson for Yemen’s Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan used his address at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to call for serious international cooperation to protect freedom of navigation and said the regional security framework should be “comprehensive”, according to Middle East Eye. He also supported initiatives aimed at de-escalation, particularly efforts by Qatar and Pakistan, saying they can help restore regional stability.

Saudi Arabia accused Iran at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) of flagrant attacks on civilian and economic targets across the region. Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan condemned “flagrant” Iranian and Houthi attacks on his country and called for the upholding of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The Saudi-led coalition said early Saturday it had intercepted two ballistic missiles and two drones launched by Houthis towards the kingdom, according to Reuters, in a text republished by the Express Tribune. The coalition said in posts on X that the missiles were headed towards Khamis Mushait and the drones towards the capital, Riyadh. Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi condemned the attacks as a violation of Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty and a direct threat to civilian safety and regional stability, according to SANA.

The chiefs of the defence forces and general staffs of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye met in Riyadh on Friday, September 25, according to a statement by the army, and discussed expanding intelligence sharing, military coordination and capability integration within the Mecca defence pact. Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said at the United Nations (UN) that further attacks on the holy city of Mecca would be a “red line” for Islamabad. The air defence of the Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait, according to the coalition’s official spokesperson, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki.

Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, met in New York with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, on Friday, on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. According to Mehr News, Araghchi briefed his Saudi counterpart on the memorandum of understanding between Iran and Oman on the safe shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Saudi-led coalition said early on Saturday, September 26, 2026, that it had intercepted two drones launched by the Houthis towards Riyadh, according to Reuters. In posts on X, the coalition said the drones were headed towards the capital and that two ballistic missiles were headed towards Khamis Mushait, adding that it was monitoring the missile and drone threat against the kingdom without providing further details, according to Reuters, in text republished by StreetInsider.

A classified United States intelligence assessment concluded that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, according to The Washington Post, in a text republished by RT. The nuclear agreement signed in July, known as Section 123, lays the legal groundwork for American companies and initially caps enrichment below 5 percent, which could later rise to as much as 20 percent after additional studies. The State Department said the United States does not and will not support a Saudi nuclear weapon program.

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said any threat to the holy sites of Islam in Saudi Arabia is a “red line” and that the country stands “shoulder to shoulder” with Riyadh, according to Arab News Pakistan. Sharif condemned what he called a “dastardly and heinous” attempted drone attack on Mecca, and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey applies, according to The Statesman.

Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, Saleh bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan, gave the war against Yemen’s Houthis an explicit religious framing: he addressed troops on the front line telling them to be ready to sacrifice their lives, citing Quranic verses and sayings of the prophet Muhammad on sacrifice, and prayed for the group’s “complete defeat,” Ynet News reports, which also notes that Saudi state television aired footage of what authorities described as a Houthi attack on a mosque in the kingdom’s south. Riyadh accuses the group of attempting to strike Mecca, and the Houthis reject the accusation.

U.S. intelligence assesses that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, according to the Washington Post.

The United Nations (UN) condemned the continued cross-border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempt to strike Riyadh, as well as attacks on civilians and energy infrastructure in the kingdom, according to spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, cited by UN News. Members of the UN Security Council condemned the ongoing Houthi attacks, including strikes that damaged civilians and energy infrastructure, and expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and support for its right to self-defence, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Saleh bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan, called on the kingdom’s soldiers to be ready to lay down their lives fighting the Iran-backed Houthis until the group is ousted from power, Al-Monitor reported, citing Reuters. The statement came after weeks of escalation, with Houthi missile and drone salvos against Saudi Arabia and Saudi retaliation with airstrikes.

Turkey’s and Pakistan’s top military chiefs are travelling to Riyadh after Saudi Arabia called an urgent meeting on implementing their mutual defence pact, Al Jazeera reports. Turkey’s Defence Ministry confirmed that the chief of general staff, General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, will travel to Saudi Arabia, according to Al Jazeera. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, 2026, treats an armed attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all three — Al Jazeera frames the move as Ankara and Islamabad edging closer to Saudi Arabia’s war against the Houthis in Yemen, Al Jazeera reports.

Turkey’s parliament speaker said he expects the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact, extended to Turkey in August and renamed the Mecca joint defence agreement, to be submitted for parliamentary approval next month, according to Middle East Eye. The pact states that an armed attack on any one of the three countries is treated as an attack on all, but parliamentary ratification remains pending, The Guardian reports.

Saudi Arabia is meeting military chiefs from Pakistan and Türkiye to discuss options under the Mecca pact, as France confirmed it is sending soldiers, radars and defense systems to guard the Yanbu oil terminal, according to Al Jazeera. The Houthis launched an offensive along the Red Sea coast this month, amid the U.S.-led war against Iran, with fighting spreading across Yemen, according to The Washington Post.

Ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Gulf of Oman have reached their limits after Saudi Arabia diverted exports from the Red Sea, according to Reuters via The Hindu. Saudi crude exports via the Strait of Hormuz were on track to rebound to 3.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, up from about 900,000 bpd in August, according to data from analytics firm Kpler cited in the report. State-run Saudi Aramco has sold more than 60 million barrels for transfer off Sohar, Oman, this month and next, since its East–West Pipeline was attacked on September 13.

Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday, September 24, 2026, that they had launched missiles and drones at a “sensitive target” in Riyadh and at Aramco facilities in the Red Sea city of Yanbu, according to Al Jazeera; oil rose the same day: Brent futures for November ended above US$106.50 a barrel, after earlier exceeding US$108 and settled at US$106.60, up US$3.52, or 3.4%, according to The Vibes; according to Middle East Eye, vessel transits in the Strait of Hormuz fell to nine on Thursday, from 14 the day before and a 10-day average of about 18, preliminary ship-tracking data showed.

At least 20 authors of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have direct ties to the oil and gas sector, Le Monde revealed, drawing on reporting conducted with European outlets; at least 12 of the roughly 220 authors of the mitigation section of the forthcoming report hold jobs or ties with Saudi Aramco or the Saudi fossil sector, according to the paper; a Guardian-led review with partners found 20 cases of strong potential conflict of interest, 11 of them Saudi-linked.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday, September 25, 2026, the deployment of soldiers, radar and air defense systems to protect the Yanbu terminal, in Saudi Arabia, after Houthi attacks on the East–West pipeline terminal on the Red Sea. According to the broadcaster, the mission is described as strictly defensive, with no direct combat against the Houthis.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent meeting of their chiefs of staff, announced by the Saudi foreign ministry, to discuss ways to back Riyadh in the escalation with Yemen’s Houthis. The barrage of ballistic missiles and drones against Saudi targets, which included the holy city of Mecca, is testing the mutual defence pact signed in August with Turkey and Pakistan. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement states that an armed attack against one of the three countries is considered an attack against all of them.

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday, 24 September 2026, thwarting attacks on Taif and Yanbu, after warnings were issued for several regions of the kingdom, including Mecca. French President Emmanuel Macron said France planned to send “military assets, meaning soldiers, radars and defence systems to protect” the Red Sea oil terminal of Yanbu.

Oil prices fell on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, on expectations that Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is back in service, then erased much of the drop after US President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly he believes a deal with Iran is possible after November’s midterm elections. Brent, the benchmark for two thirds of the world’s oil, fell 2.64 per cent to $97.69 a barrel at 3.09pm UAE time, while West Texas Intermediate dropped 3.20 per cent, according to The National, of Abu Dhabi. Earlier, Brent had fallen 3 per cent to $97.43 and US crude as much as 3.5 per cent to $92.40, according to NBC News. After Trump’s speech, US crude was back around $96 and Brent briefly rose above $100 again, NBC News reported. “I believe we will make a deal right after the election because it does not make sense for them not to,” Trump told the assembly. “Oil prices will come plummeting down, even lower than they were at the start of the conflict.” Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency called the reports about the reopening of Hormuz “unreliable and untrue”, according to NBC News, which says it has not confirmed them. Only two visible commercial vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, 21 September 2026, against about 125 a day before the war began on 28 February 2026, according to preliminary shipping data cited by The National. The US national average diesel price hit a record on Tuesday at $6.52 a gallon, up 82 per cent since the start of the year, according to NBC News.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, branded Yemen’s Houthis a “terrorist militia” and condemned the attempt to target Mecca, describing it as a “heinous crime” and “a provocation to Muslims around the world”, according to Al Jazeera and Dawn, which published the report by the French news agency AFP. He spoke at a cabinet meeting in Jeddah, recorded by the Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom’s official news agency: a rare intervention by the 90-year-old monarch, who has left day-to-day affairs to his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a Houthi drone headed for Mecca on 15 September 2026, which Al Jazeera records as the first time a security alert had been activated in the city in nearly 10 years. Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi denied the attack and called the Saudi accusation “a heinous lie”. Since then, Houthi missiles and drones have hit Saudi cities and energy infrastructure: the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on 19 September 2026, sending a dark column of smoke from a fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan said in a joint statement on Tuesday, 22 September 2026 that they affirmed Saudi Arabia’s right to defend itself in line with international law and stressed the need to preserve the safety of navigation in the region, amid escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, as reported by Reuters and published by Middle East Eye and the Times of India. The four ministers met on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, voiced “deep concern” over the conflicts in the region, said dialogue and diplomacy were the only path to a sustainable solution and backed Yemen’s government in its efforts towards stability and peace. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on 7 August 2026 by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, states that an armed attack against any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack against all, according to the BBC.

Saudi Arabia restarted its East-West Pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu, three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters; two of them say the line was pumping at a low rate, and state oil firm Saudi Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Drone attacks forced the kingdom to shut the pipeline on September 13, 2026, halting crude loadings at Yanbu. Since oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz were disrupted, the pipeline had been rerouting around 4 million barrels per day to the port, roughly 4% of global supply, according to the agency.

Saudi air strikes on the Red Sea port of Mokha killed at least six people as Iran-backed Houthis press their offensive in Yemen, according to France 24, citing Reuters, the Associated Press and AFP. The episode comes the same day the spokesperson for the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Babar Baloch, said in Geneva that more than 130,000 people have already been displaced in Yemen and about 3,000 have fled to Djibouti since fighting resumed in early September, figures that could rise to 230,000 and 10,000 over the coming months, according to Middle East Eye.

Saudi Arabia restarted its East–West pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, according to Reuters, which spoke to three sources briefed on the matter; the line is pumping at a low rate. The 1,200-kilometre pipeline runs from Abqaiq to Yanbu and lets the kingdom move crude without passing through the Strait of Hormuz. It had been shut after drone attacks launched from Iraq. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on 11 September that the conduit was halted “as a precautionary measure” after “multiple attacks” and that there were injuries, according to the state Saudi Press Agency; the following day the Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks and said the kingdom chose not to respond immediately, at the request of the Iraqi prime minister, according to the agency. Baghdad dismissed a military commander and opened an investigation after admitting the drones came from one of its provinces bordering Iran, according to BBC News.

The United Kingdom will send a Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager tanker aircraft to provide “defensive” air-to-air refuelling to Saudi jets against Houthi attacks, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, saying he had agreed to a Saudi request for military support. The aircraft, based at the British base of Akrotiri in Cyprus, is expected to begin operating within days and the mission is “time limited”, according to BBC News, which reports it involves a single aircraft and that the support is limited to defending the country from drones and missiles rather than backing strikes on Yemen. Defence Minister Luke Pollard told Sky News, according to Middle East Eye, that the decision is about British “national security” and that “in dangerous times, good friends stand together”. Besides the Voyager, Saudi Arabia already hosts the Sky Sabre air defence system, and the Houthis have claimed drone and ballistic missile attacks on Riyadh and on energy sites on the Red Sea coast in recent days. The announcement came the same day the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency (UNHCR) projected that around 230,000 displaced people in Yemen and another 10,000 refugees in Djibouti may need humanitarian assistance in the coming months, according to spokesperson Babar Baloch, cited by Middle East Eye.

Yemen’s government said on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, that government forces retook two villages and a hilltop position in Al-Wazi’yah district, west of Taiz, in a counteroffensive against the Houthis, according to Arab News. This month’s Houthi offensive is the largest since the United Nations (UN)-brokered truce of April 2022 and has displaced 112,000 people, UN agencies said, cited by the Middle East Eye, which warns that up to 230,000 could be displaced if fighting intensifies. The The Guardian reports that aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition struck Houthi positions, gatherings and weapons stores west of Taiz, according to Yemeni government forces.

A six-second clip presented as the moment a Houthi missile struck Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport circulated on social media from September 20, 2026, and it is generated by artificial intelligence, according to a fact check by Agence France-Presse published on September 22, 2026. A reverse image search led to a longer version of the video posted on March 19, 2026, by Yemeni politician Ali Hussein Al-Bujairi and labelled “manipulated media” by X itself; the fact check points to signs of synthetic origin, among them a man apparently walking through a glass door at the three-second mark and a mobile phone floating by another man’s ear at the eleven-second mark. There were no official reports of an attack on the airport: the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted the missile, and the fire on September 19, 2026, consumed a Saudi Aramco fuel tank at a depot next to the terminal, according to The Jakarta Post and the BBC. A fact check by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle on September 17, 2026, identified another clip, nine seconds long and with more than 340,000 views, presented as strikes on Abha and also generated by artificial intelligence, along with a video of an ambush that is in fact April 2024 footage with commentary from a 2018 football match spliced in; in both cases, the detection platform Hive Moderation flagged the imagery as synthetic. The Deutsche Welle fact check notes that the difficulty of observing the conflict independently leaves room for this kind of content, and a Misbar verification on September 21, 2026, examined the same Riyadh airport video.

Kpler data cited by Reuters shows 22 tankers, mostly very large crude carriers, left the Strait of Hormuz in the week of September 13 carrying 42 million barrels of crude, with Saudi Arabia and Iraq accounting for 43% of the volume each. The VLCC Pinios was transferring 2 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude off Fujairah on Monday to another VLCC, the New Constant, which is expected to head to China. Houthi attacks on Aramco’s East-West pipeline have pushed the Saudi state firm to increase exports through the strait this month, and there have been no visible loadings from the Red Sea port of Yanbu since September 16.