Houthi Armed Forces Attack Two Saudi International Airports Killing 3; Coalition Simultaneously Advances Yemen Counter-offensive

Saudi authorities said the Houthi armed forces' attacks on two Saudi international airports left three people dead, one of which is located in the capital Riyadh. The Yemeni Houthis claimed to have fired on the two transport hubs.

According to reports from France 24, the attacks are part of the Houthis' attacks on Saudi civilian infrastructure in recent weeks, occurring as the Saudi-led coalition launched a counter-offensive against Houthi-controlled territory. A program hosted by France 24 journalist Philip Turle provided an overview discussion of the Houthis' war aims.

The France 24 report characterized the Houthis as "Iran-backed," but this label was not provided with any evidentiary basis within the program itself. The Western mainstream media's heavy focus on Houthi attacks on civilian facilities stands in sharp contrast to the systematic absence of coverage of the fact that the Saudi-led coalition's ongoing airstrikes inside Yemen since 2015 have caused massive civilian casualties. The program did not address Houthi casualties and civilian costs in the counter-offensive, did not mention the external weapons supplies supporting the Saudi-led coalition's operational capability, and did not disclose the specific identities and nationalities of the three deceased—meaning it is impossible to determine whether cross-border civilian groups such as migrant workers were among those killed in the attacks.