Yemen

Military sources said the Giants Brigades attacked barracks housing Houthi fighters in Dhu Bab after a three-day siege and ultimatum. According to the sources, the Houthis sent military reinforcements by sea to their besieged fighters while intensifying missile and drone launches towards the Bab al-Mandab area.

Yemeni sources said that two air strikes targeted a Houthi radar station on Jabal al-Nabi Shu’ayb, west of the capital Sanaa. The sources identified the nature and location of the targeted facility, as well as the number of strikes against it.

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.

Sources in Sanaa reported air raids on Al-Hafa camp and the former First Armoured Division camp. The report, published on 9 October 2026, named both military sites and said that the raids targeted both.

Fighting in Yemen is concentrated on the Taiz and western coast fronts, where government forces are seeking to consolidate their positions and continue advancing towards Mocha and Bab al-Mandab. This coincides with clashes in Mawza, al-Wazi'iyah and Kahboub, and intensified Houthi attacks around Taiz amid air strikes and counter-movements.

Southern Transitional Council President Aidrous al-Zubaidi said southern forces had regained control of Al-Mudharabah, Bab al-Mandab and Mayyun Island, describing the three locations as part of the southern border and stressing that the people of the south would not accept what he called the theft of the victories achieved by their armed forces.

Saudi Ministry of Defence spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki announced on Friday that three Houthi missile launchers had been destroyed in Yemen. The coalition said the Houthis had been using the launchers to threaten regional security.

Sources in Sanaa reported air strikes on Mount Attan, saying they targeted missile storage facilities and launch platforms. Information about the strikes and the nature of the sites targeted remains attributed to those sources.

Local sources reported air strikes in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on 9 October 2026, alongside heavy aircraft activity over the city. The published information about the development is based on local accounts that were not independently corroborated in the material.

An unidentified military source has accused the Houthi group of heavily laying mines in the Bab al-Mandab area, without providing published field evidence. The claim comes amid successive military developments around the strait, and after Yemen’s government forces announced control of the area on 5 October 2026, following an earlier incident in which they said they had disabled a naval mine in the passage.

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.

Local sources in Sana'a reported new air strikes on military sites on Friday afternoon, following a wave of overnight bombardment that, according to local and security accounts, included the military academy, sites inside Sana'a airport and the Al-Nahdin camp. The strikes came amid an ongoing escalation between government forces and the Houthis as part of Operation “Dawn of Yemen”.

Yemeni military sources said government forces took control on Friday of the Bab al-Mandab Strait and Mayyun Island with Saudi air support, after the Southern Giants Brigades fought Houthi fighters. Reports of ground advances and explosions in the coastal area preceded the announcement, alongside air cover provided by the coalition.

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.

Clashes as part of the ‘Yemen Dawn’ operation continued for a fifth day, alongside intensive air strikes, fighting in Taiz and Marib, and Houthi attacks towards Saudi Arabia, while Yemen’s government forces announced that they had carried out 1729 military operations.

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.

Yemen’s Taiz is facing severe shortages of fuel and food since the Al-Bireen route and other access points were closed on 4 October 2026, amid rapidly rising prices and disrupted supplies. The Statistics Office says the road closures affected 2.8 million people, while around 140,000 people have been displaced from front lines.

Aircraft belonging to the Yemeni armed forces targeted Houthi positions in Al-Shamayateen district, south of Taiz, as part of Operation Dawn of Yemen. The forces announced that they had carried out 1,729 targeting operations on several fronts, while advancing along the western coast and, according to their statements, taking control of positions overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The European Union has called on its member states to provide more warships to escort commercial vessels through the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the Aspides mission needs at least 10 ships, as requests for protection increase amid escalating Houthi activity and disrupted maritime traffic.

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.

The Houthi group announced on Thursday, 8 October 2026, that it had launched a ballistic missile at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, saying the attack disrupted air traffic. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the latest reported attack, which came a day after three people were reported killed and 36 injured in attacks on Riyadh and Abha airports.