Why are the Houthis striking Saudi airports?

Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack that killed one person and injured nearly a dozen others at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh – the day after another attack killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. The attacks mark one of the most significant disruptions to Saudi civil aviation in years and the deadliest assault on Saudi soil in more than a decade, as Yemeni government forces are also targeting airfields in Houthi-controlled territory. The sharp escalation in the war’s new front comes amid fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, following the collapse of a United Nations-brokered ceasefire largely in place since 2022. Yes.