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The Aden Security Department said a Yemenia Airways flight bound for Cairo had been preparing for takeoff when the attack took place.   Issued on: 17/10/2026 - 08:00   (Reading time) (/build/images/svg/sprite.68b43361c11f23b39049016b32e6ae31.svg#icon-clock)    3 min Reading time   Share (/build/images/svg/sprite.68b43361c11f23b39049016b32e6ae31.svg#icon-share)      By:  (https://www.france24.com/en/author/france-24/) (FRANCE 24) FRANCE 24       (A truck loaded with firewood drives through the Al-Basateen neighborhood in Aden, Yemen)  A truck loaded with firewood drives through the Al-Basateen neighborhood in Aden, Yemen, Tuesday, October 13, 2026.        © Abdulnasser Alseddik, AP    Missiles apparently launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi group struck (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/yemen/) Yemen 's Aden International Airport on Friday, while a Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile headed for the (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/red-sea/) Red Sea city of Yanbu, a key Saudi oil hub that allows exports to avoid ​the Strait of ‌Hormuz. The coalition said it had also destroyed two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and ⁠three (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/drones/) drones in (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/saudi-arabia/) Saudi Arabia 's Southern and Riyadh regions. It did not identify the attackers. Read more (https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261015-houthis-deny-targeting-holy-city-medina-after-saudi-arabia-says-intercepted-missile) Houthis deny targeting holy city of Medina after Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missile  In Aden in southern Yemen, two missiles landed on the airport grounds, the Aden Security Department ‌said, blaming the Houthis. It said the incident was the second attack on the facility ⁠in less than a week. In a statement attributed to a military source, the Houthis said an attack targeted "the Saudi forces' command headquarters in the Badr camp in Aden province" as well as a weapons depot. No casualties were reported. 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Yanbu is a key outlet ​for Saudi oil exports, allowing the kingdom to ship crude to international markets via the ‌Red Sea, bypassing the (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/strait-of-hormuz/) Strait of Hormuz . The vital waterway has been largely throttled by (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/iran/) Iran since the US and (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/israel/) Israel launched attacks on the country in February. With regional tensions and security threats raising concerns over the safety of (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/shipping/) shipping and tighter global energy supplies, Brent crude oil ‌briefly touched $110 a barrel on Friday for the first time since May. Saudi Civil Defence authorities issued an alert early on Saturday for Abha in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the ​Yemeni border before sending an all-clear. Earlier they had issued alerts in the Jazan region and the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait, where such warnings have become frequent since fighting resumed last month. Also early on Saturday, Houthi-affiliated media reported strikes east of Yemen's ​northwestern city of Saada. The Saudi-led coalition said it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in the area. Fighting between the Houthis ​and a Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's government has raised fears of a further deterioration in ​the country's humanitarian crisis. Aid agencies have warned that conditions are worsening rapidly. The Yemen conflict has become another front as the (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/iran-conflict/) Iran war has (https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261014-yemen-houthis-vow-continue-saudi-attacks-oil-giant-aramco-headquarters-hit) widened into a regional conflict . The ​Houthis seized the capital (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/sanaa/) Sanaa in 2014 and forced the internationally recognised government south. A Saudi-led intervention began the following year, leading to years of stalemate before a 2022 truce that held until this year. The Houthis have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia since the conflict reignited following a Saudi strike on Sanaa International Airport in July, with the Iran-allied group targeting airports, oil facilities and other infrastructure. The group has also targeted sites in government-held parts of ⁠Yemen in recent days, (https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261015-houthi-attack-on-palace-used-by-yemen-government-in-aden-kills-five) including Aden airport and the presidential palace in the interim capital. A spokesperson for the Houthi-run health ministry said on Friday that 124 civilians had been killed ⁠and 327 wounded in what ​he described as "Saudi aggression" since the escalation began on September 3. Reuters could not independently verify the figures. 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