A plume of smoke rises during a reported airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa, on October 9, 2026. The Houthis, who are fighting the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government, seized the coastline alongside crucial trade route during a lightning offensive last month, extending their control over all of Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Yemeni government forces have been attempting for several days to retake coastal territory captured by the pro-Iranian fighters.
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday (October 10, 2026) it destroyed more than 100 military targets in a “large-scale operation” against the Iran-backed group.
The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government — which Saudi Arabia supports — reignited in July, and has since spilled over into the neighbouring kingdom.
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In addition to seizing territory along the Red Sea coast in Yemen, the Houthis have attacked transport hubs, oil facilities and other civilian targets in the world’s largest crude exporter with drones and missiles.
“We are carrying out a large-scale operation targeting the personnel and capabilities of the Houthi terrorist militia,” Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi coalition, wrote on X.
“We destroyed 136 military targets in areas controlled by the Houthi terrorist militia,” he said in a separate post.
The Houthi’s Almasirah TV channel reported that Saudi missiles targeted areas in the northwestern Yemeni governorate of Saada.
Published – October 10, 2026 10:57 pm IST
