Saudi Civil Defense issued early ​warning alerts for a potential hostile threat in the Eastern Region and in Kharj governorate, later saying the danger ​had passed in both areas.

 

Saudi Arabia has ​intensified its strikes on the Houthis since the group captured ‌strategic ⁠areas along Yemen's Red Sea coast last month, advancing towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key global shipping route for Gulf oil producers on the ​other side of ​the Arabian ⁠Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz.

 

The renewed fighting between the two ​sides has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce ​that ⁠largely halted attacks between the Saudi-led coalition, which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government, and the Houthis, who ⁠control the ​capital Sanaa.