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Saudi forces launch deadly strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Sanaa city

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On October 24, 2026, Saudi forces launched deadly airstrikes on Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen controlled by the Houthi group, and its surrounding governorate. According to media outlets aligned with the Houthis, around 20 strikes occurred, killing at least 11 people including six women and one child in a cement factory worker residence building and four more individuals in a residential house attack. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen reported intercepting two missiles fired by the Houthis towards Taif and Yanbu earlier that day, indicating ongoing retaliation from both sides. This renewed conflict erupted after a ceasefire in 2022 ended amid broader tensions in West Asia.

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Houthis Sanaa Saudi Taif Yemen

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Saudi NORP · 4× Sanaa GPE · 3× Yemen GPE · 3× Houthis NORP · 2× Riyadh GPE · 2× Taif GPE · 2× Yanbu GPE · 2× Houthi NORP · 1× Iran GPE · 1× Mocha GPE · 1×

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Saudi forces launched deadly airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa city and its surrounding governorate on Saturday (October 24, 2026), media associated with the Iran-backed group said, while also reporting around 20 strikes on Mocha.
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Saudi forces launch deadly strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Sanaa city · assertive framing

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Saudi forces launched deadly airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa city and its surrounding governorate on Saturday (October 24, 2026), media associated with the Iran-backed group said, while also reporting around 20 strikes on Mocha. asserted
media → launch → Mocha
The Houthis' Al-Masirah reported a series of "Saudi enemy airstrikes" targeting Sanaa, including one on a house that killed at least three people and wounded several others. asserted
that → report → others
A separate strike at a cement factory in the Sanaa governorate resulted in "a number of martyrs and wounded", the broadcaster said. asserted
broadcaster → result → martyrs
The reports came after the Saudi coalition fighting in Yemen announced it had intercepted two missiles fired by the Houthis towards Taif and Yanbu, in the kingdom's west. asserted
it → come → west
Earlier, Riyadh's civil defence agency broadcast warnings of "potential danger" for four western Saudi regions, including Taif and Yanbu as well as Mecca, home to Islam's holiest city, and Jeddah. asserted
agency → broadcast → city
Riyadh leads a military coalition that first intervened in the conflict, which has devastated Yemen and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, in 2015. asserted
which → lead → 2015
The war had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider war in West Asia roiled the region. asserted
war → erupt → region
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