Yemen front and the region
Conflicting accounts of the strike on Rayan airport; heavy fighting west of Taiz
Yemen's government and the Houthis gave clashing accounts of the strike on Rayan airport in Mukalla, while the transport ministry confirmed two flights were disrupted in Aden. In Taiz, accounts of the attack on the western front conflict, as regional backing for Saudi Arabia widens.
Summary
- DisputedHadramawt calls Rayan a civilian facility with no casualties; the Houthis say they hit Saudi military equipment.
- ConfirmedTransport ministry: Aden airport targeted for the fourth time, two flights disrupted.
- DisputedTaiz military command says it repelled a 6-hour attack; Sanaa-aligned media report an advance toward the old airport.
- ConfirmedExtraordinary Gulf military meeting in Riyadh; Jordan declares absolute solidarity with Saudi Arabia.
- UnverifiedUnresolved questions over humanitarian planes that left Aden without reaching Sanaa.
times Aden airport has been targeted, per the transport ministry
12:48Zflights halted by the attacks on the two airports
12:48Zhours the attack west of Taiz lasted, per the Taiz command
13:51ZDevelopments in this window
- Confirmed
British embassy: Houthi attacks put more lives at risk
The British embassy to Yemen said Houthi attacks in Shabwa, Marib and Taiz, and today's missile strike on Aden airport, are increasing the danger to civilians. It expressed solidarity with the families of the victims of the Shabwa attack.
Source: belqees.net - DisputedTaiz
West Taiz: government says it repelled fiercest attack, Houthis claim advance
The Taiz military command said government forces, backed by air cover, broke a 6-hour Houthi assault on the western front, killing or wounding dozens of attackers. Sanaa-aligned outlet Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni quoted the command's spokesman as acknowledging fighting had reached the old airport camp and the Ghurab and Dumaina areas. Front lines and losses are not independently confirmed.
Source: almashhad.news alkhabaralyemeni.net - ConfirmedRiyadh
Jordan and Saudi Arabia upgrade coordination council as Amman backs the kingdom
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan signed an amended protocol for their Supreme Coordination Council in Riyadh. Safadi affirmed Jordan's absolute solidarity with Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks. He also visited two Jordanian women injured in an earlier Houthi attack on King Khalid airport.
Source: Anadolu Agency - UnverifiedAden
Questions over humanitarian planes held 5 hours at Aden airport
Activist Abdulqader al-Kharraz said 3 aircraft of humanitarian agencies, including the ICRC and MSF, landed in Aden in the morning en route to Sanaa and flew back to Djibouti in the afternoon. He cited radar data; it is unclear whether the delay was linked to the strike. The agencies have not commented.
Source: almashhad.news - ConfirmedSaudi Arabia
Biman Bangladesh to resume Riyadh flights on 25 October
Biman said its first flight to Riyadh will depart on 25 October after a two-week halt caused by Houthi attacks on Saudi airports. Decisions on further flights will follow after monitoring the situation.
Source: Prothom Alo - DisputedHadramawt
Conflicting accounts of the strike on Rayan airport in Mukalla
Hadramawt's local authority said the attack came around 13:00 with drones and missiles, calling it an assault on a civilian facility with no casualties. The government forces' spokesman spoke of 3 ballistic missiles. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the strike targeted military equipment Saudi Arabia had flown into the airport on cargo planes. No independent source has verified what was hit.
- ConfirmedRiyadh
Extraordinary Gulf military meeting in Riyadh to boost readiness
The GCC armed forces' operations and training committee held an extraordinary meeting at the GCC secretariat in Riyadh. The UAE defence ministry said it discussed closer coordination and readiness amid Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Participants were not named.
Source: Middle East Monitor / Anadolu - ConfirmedAden
Transport ministry: Aden airport targeted for the fourth time, two flights disrupted
Yemen's transport ministry said the attacks on Aden and Rayan airports halted and delayed two flights and forced the evacuation of passengers and staff from Aden airport. It said projectiles landed near both runways during civilian air traffic, and urged the UN and the International Civil Aviation Organization to protect civilian airports.
Source: almasdaronline.com