The Houthi rebels claim to have attacked the airports in Riyadh and Abha, Saudi Arabia, as well as an Aramco refinery, in retaliation for the Saudi offensive in Yemen.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced on Monday that they had launched attacks involving a large number of missiles and drones against several targets in Saudi Arabia, in retaliation for the offensive by Yemeni government forces, backed by Riyadh. The information was reported by the EFE news agency.

The group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said that three operations had been carried out using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, all of which reached their targets. According to him, the first target was King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, where the attack allegedly disrupted air traffic.

The second operation allegedly targeted the Aramco refinery in Rabigh, on the Red Sea coast, where the rebels claim a fire broke out. The third attack allegedly targeted Abha airport, the air base in Khamis Mushait and several sites in the Asir, Najran and Jizan regions.

The Houthis warned international airlines to avoid Saudi airspace, except for areas near the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The group claims that the attacks were a response to 60 air and missile strikes launched by Saudi Arabia over the past 24 hours against several regions of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, which it says resulted in civilian casualties.