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Saudi Arabia extended the suspension of Riyadh airport and vowed a response to Houthi attacks. A Saudi minister had earlier vowed a serious response amid escalating fighting involving the Houthis, Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces around the Red Sea.
Air strikes have hit Sanaa after Yemen’s internationally recognised government announced Operation Dawn of Yemen against the Houthis. The attacks have caused civilian casualties and increased fears of displacement, shortages and a wider return to war in the capital.
People killed in the Sa’wan air strike
A boat carrying 305 migrants from Djibouti to Yemen capsized near Guehere, north of Obock, in the early hours of Friday. At least 139 died, 84 were missing and about 82 survived; children were among the dead.
At least 109 migrants died in the boat disaster.
Yemeni government forces say they killed 1,150 Houthi fighters and destroyed weapons and vehicles in operations over the previous 24 hours. The report says fighting is continuing near the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
AllegedYemeni government forces said that 1,150 Houthi fighters were killed in operations over the previous 24 hours.
Yemeni government forces said they were advancing against the Houthis near the Bab al-Mandab strait but had not secured control of the waterway. The Houthis said they repelled the assault and still controlled the strait.
People killed in clashes around the Bab al-Mandab strait in the previous 24 hours
Real GDP per capita in Yemen has fallen by approximately 58 percent since 2015, according to the World Bank.
The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted three Houthi ballistic missiles: two heading toward Riyadh and one toward Khamis Mushait. Debris damaged a kindergarten and clinic in Riyadh; earlier reports said three civilians were killed and 36 injured in attacks on Saudi airports, while diplomats and schools took safety measures.
AllegedSaudi forces said they intercepted missiles fired at Riyadh.
Saudi authorities said attacks on airports in Riyadh and Abha killed three people and wounded 36. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed 82 military targets in retaliatory strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen.
People killed in attacks on Abha International Airport and King Khalid International Airport