Two people were killed in an attack on Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oilfield after air defences intercepted a drone attempting to target a facility at the field in the Eastern region, state news agency reported yesterday citing an energy ministry official.
There was no impact on operations in the field following the drone attack, Reuters reported.
The Saudi-led Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced yesterday that it had intercepted six drones launched towards the kingdom, including interceptions in Medina region.
“Four drones launched towards the kingdom have been intercepted and destroyed,” Coalition spokesman Turki Al Maliki wrote on X. In a second post, he explained that the interceptions took place in the Eastern and Medina regions.
Al Maliki later announced the interception of two other drones launched at the Eastern and southern regions.
The local authorities in Yemen’s Hadramout governorate condemned yesterday the targeting of Riyan International Airport in Mukalla with several missiles and drones, holding the Houthi militia responsible for the attack, which they described as a serious assault on civilian and vital facilities.
In a statement, the local authorities categorically rejected the targeting of the airport, stressing that the attack posed a direct threat to the safety of passengers, employees and airport crews. They added that it violated the sanctity of civilian facilities and endangered civil aviation and air navigation.
The authorities explained that the attack had caused no casualties and that the relevant agencies were monitoring the incident and assessing its impact, while taking the necessary measures to strengthen security and enhance preparedness to ensure the safety of the airport and its users.
Earlier, two security sources in Aden said that a missile had targeted the vicinity of Aden Airport.
Yemen’s Transport Ministry said in a statement that Aden and Riyan international airports had been targeted by ‘three drones’. It added that the drones had fallen ‘near the runways of both airports at a time when civil aviation traffic included several arriving and departing flights.’
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