Yemen front and the region
Coalition says it intercepted 3 drones and 2 ballistic missiles aimed at Riyadh, the Eastern Province and Khamis Mushait
The coalition announced it had intercepted a new wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. In Sanaa, the health ministry raised its toll from strikes since 3 September, and the Houthi prisoners committee said it had freed 159 detainees. Websites circulated footage of a Houthi missile that fell on a residential area of Sanaa after a failed launch.
Summary
- ConfirmedThe coalition says it intercepted 3 drones over Riyadh and the Eastern Province and 2 ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait.
- AttributedSanaa health ministry: 536 killed and wounded since 3 September, including 117 between 16 and 18 October.
- AttributedThe Houthi prisoners committee frees 159 people it says surrendered, with the ICRC present.
- UnverifiedCirculating footage shows a Houthi missile falling on a house in Sanaa's Shuub district after a failed launch.
- AttributedLocal sources: Houthi artillery fire destroys part of a house in upper al-Madaribah, Lahj.
Drones and missiles the coalition says it intercepted
23:12ZKilled and wounded since 3 September, per the Sanaa health ministry
22:54ZDetainees released by the Houthi prisoners committee
26sep 23:06ZDevelopments in this window
- ConfirmedSaudi Arabia
Coalition intercepts 3 drones and 2 ballistic missiles
Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said air defences intercepted two drones over the Eastern Province and the Riyadh region and a third drone over the Riyadh region. He added that two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis towards Khamis Mushait were also intercepted. France 24 and AFP carried the same announcement, with no casualties reported.
- AttributedSanaa
Houthi prisoners committee says it freed 159 detainees
Abdulqader al-Murtada, head of the Houthi prisoners committee, said it released 159 people it described as having surrendered without fighting, under an amnesty announced by Mahdi al-Mashat on 10 September. The head of the ICRC delegation in Sanaa attended the press conference. He said it was the second batch, after 323 were released in Hodeidah on 15 September.
Source: 26sep.net - UnverifiedSanaa
Footage shows Houthi missile hitting a house in Sanaa after a failed launch
Saudi newspaper Al-Marsad published a clip it said shows a Houthi ballistic missile falling on a house in the al-Zumar neighbourhood of Shuub, Sanaa, after a failed launch. It reported injuries and damage based on circulating information. Neither the clip nor its timing has been verified, and the Houthis have not commented.
Source: al-marsd.com - AttributedSanaa
Sanaa health ministry: 536 killed and wounded since the escalation began
Anis al-Asbahi, spokesman for the health ministry of the Sanaa government, said casualties from 3 September to 18 October reached 536 killed and wounded. He said 117 of them fell between 16 and 18 October in Taiz, Saada, al-Jawf and Dhamar. The figures come from a party to the conflict and have not been independently verified.
Source: alkhabaralyemeni.net - AttributedLahj
Houthi shelling hits a house in upper al-Madaribah, Lahj
Tihama 24, citing local sources, said the Houthis shelled upper al-Madaribah in northern Lahj on Sunday evening. The shelling destroyed part of a citizen's house and killed livestock inside. No human casualties were reported, and the account comes from one side.
Source: tihama24.com