Houthis Fire Missiles and Drones at Abha Airport, Ending 4-Year Truce

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis fired ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport in the group's first claimed attack on the Kingdom since the informal 2022 truce. The strike came in retaliation for Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces bombing Sanaa International Airport's runway earlier the same day to block an Iranian aircraft carrying a Houthi delegation returning from Khamenei's funeral in Tehran. Saudi air defenses intercepted the missiles; no casualties or damage were reported. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree declared the attack ended the 'de-escalation phase,' raising fears of a return to full-scale war after four years of relative calm.