Airstrikes Hit Runway at Sanaa Worldwide Airport in Yemen

The Yemeni army claimed duty for airstrikes that destroyed the runway at Sanaa Worldwide Airport in Yemen, an assault that Houthi rebels allege was perpetrated by Saudi Arabia. 

The army in a press release claimed that the strikes adopted the Houthis blocking Yemeni nationwide plane from touchdown on the airport and permitting Iranian plane to “violate Yemeni airspace.”

The strikes observe rising tensions earlier this month when the Houthis accused Saudi plane of violating their airspace to dam their delegation to the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 

The Houthis accused the Saudis of conducting the Monday strikes with a view to stop the return of the Houthi delegation. The Houthi army spokesman Yahya Saree vowed in a press release Monday that “this aggression won’t move with out response and punishment.”

Current escalations threaten negotiations between the Houthis, the Yemeni nationwide authorities, and Saudi Arabia that emerged from a 2022 UN-brokered ceasefire that held de facto power till just lately.