Yemen’s Houthis release video of drone attacks on gov’t forces
Yemen’s Houthis have released drone video said to show attacks on Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

Yemen’s Houthis have released drone video said to show attacks on Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.





![A Houthi supporter wearing a military uniform holds a mock missile at a rally to show support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen October 9, 2026. [Mohammed al-Mahdi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-09T144448Z_533596701_RC2OZNAIE9JB_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-YEMEN-HOUTHIS-1791651091.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




UN says fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people in five weeks.
Saudi Arabia says two of the missiles intercepted were headed towards the capital, Riyadh.
Yemen’s tribes could prove crucial to government’s fight against the Houthis, but many may wait before choosing sides.
Yemeni government forces say in a social media post they carried out 2,103 ‘precise targeting operations’.

Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Houthi strikes on two of its international airports have killed three people.
Moroccan, Algerian women killed in Abha, Sudanese national killed in Riyadh.








Yemeni government says one of the missiles hit Aden airport’s runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land.
More than 137,000 students in conflict zones lose access to education, deepening Yemen’s already dire schooling crisis.