Houthis Claim New Attacks on Saudi Pipeline and Riyadh Airport as Egypt Backs Riyadh

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed on Monday drone attacks on oil pumping stations along Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline and a new ballistic missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, hours after the airport resumed limited operations following an earlier attack. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted the missile and destroyed two missile launchers near Sanaa, part of four launchers, a missile storage facility and underground tunnels it said it hit that day. The Houthis said they fired dozens of ballistic missiles at Riyadh and that the airport strike hit its target. Aramco had not immediately confirmed damage to the roughly 750-mile pipeline, which was attacked in mid-September and shut for about two weeks. The Houthis have launched several deadly attacks on the airport this month. Also Monday, Egypt's parliament voted to authorize President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to give Saudi Arabia military support. Officials from the Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish defense pact states held talks in Iran, the first high-level contact of its kind since the regional conflict reached Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Separately, the Health Ministry of the Houthi-led government said Saudi airstrikes and Saudi-backed ground forces killed at least eight civilians and wounded 19 in Saada, Taiz and Hajjah over 24 hours.

Right-leaning Breitbart leads with the Houthi claims, the pipeline's route and the Saudi coalition's account of interceptions and destroyed launchers, and it describes Iranian terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz as the reason the pipeline matters. The Washington Times leads instead with Egypt's parliamentary vote to back Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed rebels. The left-leaning New York Times headline centers on Saudi Arabia reopening the Riyadh airport despite Houthi threats, noting the deadly attacks this month, and gives no coalition or Houthi claims in the excerpt. All three agree on the Iran-backed Houthi threat to Riyadh. Right outlets offer more military detail and Saudi allies' support. Among alternative outlets, Antiwar.com focuses on civilian casualties from Saudi strikes, citing the Houthi-led ministry, while The Times of Israel reports the talks in Iran.