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Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, September 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha.
File photo of Yemeni civilians celebrating in the back of a pickup truck in Bani Matar, Yemen, taken September 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha. © AP photo (STR)

Yemen's Houthis on Monday said they fired dozens of drones and ballistic missiles at military targets in Saudi Arabia. The rebels have stepped up attacks on Saudi infrastructure while advancing along Yemen's Red Sea coast towards ​the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping route. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Yesterday's key developments: 

  • Oil prices rose more than $3, to more than $108 per barrel, as of 22h14 GMT Sunday after new strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf.
  • The UN said that roughly 2,000 people landed in Djibouti this week after fleeing the uptick in fighting between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi fighters and the Saudi-backed government. 
  • The Houthi rebels said they had hit a Saudi military base amid renewed fighting with Yemeni forces. 

  • A ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person and injuring three, local Iranian authorities said. The origin of the strike was not specified.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters and AP)

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