Overview
- The internationally recognized Yemeni government said it struck the runway at Sanaa airport on Monday to block an Iranian plane it said was linked to Iran's IRGC.
- Houthi sources and allied media counter that the Iranian flight landed and that Houthis then fired missiles at Abha airport in Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led coalition reported using air defenses to intercept ballistic missiles directed at southern Saudi territory.
- Yemen's civil aviation authority ordered all airports closed until further notice and independent verification of key claims, including an alleged ICRC plane detention, remains limited.
- The clash is the sharpest escalation since the 2022 truce and raises immediate humanitarian risk for patients and aid movements plus the danger of wider regional spillover, including threats to shipping routes such as Bab al-Mandeb.