In Aden, Yemeni security officials reported that two Houthi missiles targeted a Saudi-led coalition military camp in the western sector of the city, while an intercepted drone targeted a second camp manned by Yemeni forces in the city center. Concurrently, Saudi air defenses destroyed three Houthi cruise missiles fired toward Riyadh, alongside two ballistic missiles intercepted over the Western Province that sent debris falling across the Mecca region, including the village of Sabouha. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki also confirmed the interception of separate drones launched toward the Southern, Eastern, and Riyadh regions.
Saudi civil defense authorities did not report any casualties or property damage from the falling missile fragments in Mecca.
According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the fragile 2022 truce collapsed in mid-July after Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft carrying Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and weapons from landing, shattering the agreement and restarting the war. The Houthis subsequently declared a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, seized Yemen's Red Sea coastline to threaten the Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint, and launched recurrent strikes against Saudi infrastructure, including an October 10 attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport that killed 13 people.