Live: Israel marks three years since Hamas’s deadly October 7 attacks
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By: FRANCE 24 This screen grab taken from video footage released by Ansarullah Media Centre on October 5 shows an aerial view of a burning vehicle during what the Houthis say are drone attacks on the Yemeni government forces. © AFP Two missiles launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted Aden's international airport early Wednesday, with no casualties reported, as Israel prepared to mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
Iran-backed Houthis targeted the airport in the Yemeni city of Aden with missiles and drones, the country's government news agency Saba reported Wednesday.
"The terrorist Houthi militias targeted Aden International Airport with two ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones," Saba wrote on X.
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday it had shot down a ballistic missile north of Riyadh.
"A ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia north of Riyadh was intercepted and destroyed," the coalition's spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki wrote on X.
Oil prices rose Wednesday and stocks fell amid fresh concerns about Middle East supplies following a warning that Iran appeared to be stepping up attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
The retreat came as investors brushed off another record day on Wall Street where the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were boosted by a rush back into the AI trade that saw chip titan Nvidia push towards a $6 trillion market capitalisation.
Confidence has been given a boost this week as reports said that exports from the Middle East – excluding Iran – were pushing back towards pre-war levels.
That helped push global benchmark Brent below $100 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate below $90, easing inflation concerns and giving central banks some room to hold off hiking interest rates.
However, both contracts rebounded Tuesday and rose in early Asian trade, as figures showed Tehran had increased strikes on tankers in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Two missiles launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted the international airport of Yemen's southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday but no casualties were reported, the media office of Aden's security department said.
The attack comes amid renewed fighting after weeks of Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast and a Saudi-backed government counteroffensive that has recaptured areas around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait with coalition air support.
The airport is the main international gateway serving parts of Yemen outside Houthi control.
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