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Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which considers an armed attack on any one of the three countries to be an attack on all three. It aims to strengthen collective deterrence and develop defence cooperation as the parties seek to support regional and international security and stability.
Lufthansa and three Indian airlines, including Air India, have suspended flights to the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The suspensions followed Houthi attacks and involved German and Indian carriers operating routes to the kingdom.
Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, said Houthi attacks on civilians and civilian sites would face a firm response, announcing the destruction of three missile launchers. The statement came after two attacks on King Khalid International Airport which, according to the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation, killed three Saudis and injured citizens and residents.
French Armed Forces Chief of Staff Fabien Mandon said Paris and Riyadh were considering options to help protect the Yanbu oil port, which could include using French military assets. During a parliamentary hearing, he said the port had come under attack, noting that France had deployed about 2,000 troops in the region.
Pakistan confirmed on Friday that it has forces in Saudi Arabia, stressing that their mission is exclusively defensive, amid an escalating conflict with Iran-backed Houthi forces. The announcement coincided with a European agency expanding an aviation warning related to Saudi airspace because of Houthi attacks.
Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said it had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis towards Riyadh, while the Civil Defence said debris from the interception caused property damage to a kindergarten and a clinic complex. Reports said Saudi Arabia subsequently bombed threat sites in Sanaa.
Three people were killed in attacks targeting two airports in Saudi Arabia, as fighting escalated in Yemen and tensions with the Houthis intensified. The attacks targeted two aviation facilities in the kingdom, with three confirmed fatalities.
The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority announced that three citizens were killed and several citizens and residents injured in two attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday. One attack struck airport facilities, while the other targeted a Saudi Airlines aircraft parked on the ground. Saudi Arabia accused the Houthis of responsibility.
The coalition announced that it had intercepted two ballistic missiles that it said the Houthis launched towards Riyadh, while Saudi Civil Defence reported that shrapnel resulting from the interception and destruction of a missile caused material damage to a nursery and a medical clinic complex in the Saudi capital.
