Houthi missile attack on Aden presidential palace kills two guards
The Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, targeted Maashiq Palace, the seat of Yemen's government in Aden, with missiles and drones on Thursday 15 October; two guards were killed.
The Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, targeted Maashiq Palace, the seat of Yemen's government in Aden, with missiles and drones on Thursday 15 October; two guards were killed.
Alicia Kearns, Britain's shadow home secretary, reported the UK branch of HispanTV, the Spanish-language network of the Islamic Republic's state broadcaster, to London police.
The Saudi-led coalition said 20 Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport since 1 October have killed at least 17 people and that the escalation is encouraged by the Islamic Republic.
Israel Katz, Israel's defense minister, has asked to extend the home front state of emergency until 3 November; the security assessment says the likelihood of an attack by the Islamic Republic remains high.
The Saudi-led coalition reported on Thursday, 15 October, the interception of a cruise missile over the Medina region; the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, denied any attack on Medina.
New research shows the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, are using Chinese components to build a ballistic missile resembling the Khorramshahr, which could reach Israel and all of Saudi Arabia.
In an interview with Kan, Benjamin Netanyahu said the Islamic Republic must go and the war with it is "us or them", but he does not consider its fall before the 27 October election realistic.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, on his first trip to Saudi Arabia, told Mohammed bin Salman he will not allow armed groups to attack Saudi Arabia from Iraqi soil.
Saudi civil defence said shrapnel from intercepted missiles fired by the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, injured four people in Riyadh and damaged 15 homes.
Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry confirmed that an Aramco office building in Dhahran was targeted in the Houthis' attack on Tuesday night; the ministry says no one was injured.
On Tuesday, 13 October, the Saudi-led coalition intercepted three Houthi missiles and two drones over Riyadh and Dhahran, home to Aramco's headquarters; shrapnel fell in a residential area.
Hours after the Saudi-led coalition ordered an evacuation, the Al-Sabaha oil station in Sanaa was hit by an air strike; the Houthis threatened a "painful" response in Riyadh.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in a call with Mohammed bin Salman, condemned the Houthi attacks and urged the Islamic Republic to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt its military nuclear programme.
On Tuesday, 13 October, the Saudi-led coalition ordered the evacuation of the Al-Sabahah oil station ahead of an operation in Sanaa; the Houthis threatened Riyadh and American interests.
MI5 chief Ken McCallum said the Islamic Republic has turned this year to harder targets such as British military bases, and that the Fairford base plot was not an exception.
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, told the country's Shura Council that the Islamic Republic's attack was a flagrant violation of Qatar's sovereignty and that the security of the Persian Gulf states is not negotiable.
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh will stay closed until Saturday after a third consecutive night of attacks by the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic; Saudi Arabia had issued no public warnings before these attacks.
Yemen's internationally recognized government says it arrested 18 members of a Houthi network in Lahij, claiming experts from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon's Hezbollah trained them.
The death toll from two Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport has reached 14; the US, Britain and Australia have issued warnings about travel to Saudi Arabia, and the Houthis spoke of an attack on Aramco.
Benjamin Netanyahu met Israel Katz and senior Israeli security officials in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, 11 October, to discuss the Islamic Republic, Gaza and Lebanon.