The Saudi-led coalition has said it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia towards Riyadh and another targeting Khamis Mushait, as multiple air strikes hit Houthi militia positions in several Yemeni provinces.
Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said on X that two missiles were launched towards the Saudi capital on Thursday, while another was fired in the direction of Khamis Mushait in the southwestern Asir region.
Three explosions were heard in Al-Mukalla, a city controlled by Yemen's internationally recognised government in Hadramout province, according to Yemeni media and local sources.
The Al-Jumhuriya Channel reported that an air strike targeted Houthi militia positions at Hudaida airport on Thursday, while another strike targeted the militia's communications network at Jabal Bard in the Kusmah district of Rima province.
The channel did not provide further details on the strikes or report any casualties.
Yemen's state-run Saba TV reported that three explosions were heard in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province in eastern Yemen.
The channel said the cause and nature of the explosions were not immediately known.
In a separate development, Yemen's 2 December news agency reported that strikes targeted a Houthi militia camp in the Yarim district of Ibb province.
Citing local sources, the agency said the camp contained a platform for launching ballistic missiles and had recently been used by the Houthi militia to launch dozens of such missiles.
The sources said the camp had recently been used to launch missiles targeting Aden International Airport and other sites along Yemen's western coast.
Hadramout is Yemen's largest province by area and is known for its oil resources. It also contains several vital ports and airports.
Houthi militia threats
Houthi militia military spokesperson Yahya Saree, meanwhile, warned experts, engineers and other workers at Saudi oil facilities against remaining at locations the group considers "targets".
He said the warning applied both to facilities previously targeted and to other oil sites that could be targeted in future operations.
Saree also renewed the militia's warning to airlines, airport workers and passengers regarding airspace and airports that the group had previously declared "subject to their military operations".
Confrontations between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi militia have escalated since early July following years of relative calm.
The country has been engulfed in war since the Houthi militia seized the capital Sanaa and several provinces in 2014, before a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in 2015 in support of Yemen's internationally recognised government.
The Houthi militia has been engaged in renewed fighting with Yemeni government forces since Yemen's civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting Saudi ships in the Red Sea.
The Houthi militia seized control of Yemen's Red Sea coast and the Bab al Mandab Strait last month, which has become vital as the wider US war with Iran chokes the Strait of Hormuz.
