Yemeni Army: "Houthi" targeted Al-Rayan Airport for the fourth time in hours

According to the website, Al-Nuzaili confirmed in a statement that "targeting airports represents an attack on the capabilities of the Yemeni people and aims to impose a siege on them."

Al-Rayan Airport is considered one of the most important civilian airports in Yemen, serving millions of residents in Hadhramaut and other governorates.

There was no immediate comment from the Houthi group regarding the attack on the airport.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Houthis attacked Al-Rayan Airport in Hadhramaut Governorate with 3 drones.

According to the Anadolu correspondent, this is the first attack the airport has been subjected to since the return of military escalation last July.

The government-run Hadhramaut satellite channel said in a brief breaking news report that Al-Rayan International Airport was subjected to a Houthi attack.

It explained that 3 strikes targeted the airport runway and its electricity department "without recording any injuries," and the channel broadcast scenes it said were of the airport being targeted.

While the channel did not specify the nature of the strikes, the private "Al-Masdar Online" website reported that the airport was subjected to an attack by 3 drones believed to be Houthi.

Prior to that, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed that the group's forces "carried out an operation targeting military equipment transported by the Saudi enemy via military cargo planes to Al-Rayan Airport."

Saree said in a statement that the group's forces "issue a warning to Saudi Arabia against using civilian facilities for military purposes."

Earlier on Wednesday, the government-run "Saba" channel reported that the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport (south) with a ballistic missile, without providing details.

Local residents reported to Anadolu that they heard a loud explosion in the vicinity of the airport.

Meanwhile, Yahya Saree claimed in a statement that the group targeted what he called "the operations room belonging to the Saudi enemy at Badr camp in Aden with a ballistic missile."

These developments are part of a military escalation that renewed last July, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries, in addition to the displacement of more than a quarter of a million people, according to the United Nations.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia has led a military coalition to support the legitimate government in Yemen in the face of the Houthi group, which is accused of receiving Iranian support and has controlled the capital, Sanaa, and several governorates since September 2014.

The Houthis control most of the northern and western governorates, including Sanaa, Saada, Amran, Dhamar, Hodeidah, Ibb, Al-Mahwit, and Raymah, and impose partial control in the governorates of Hajjah, Al-Bayda, Marib, Al-Jawf, Al-Dhale, and Taiz.

While government forces and their allies control the interim capital, Aden, and the governorates of Al-Mahra, Hadhramaut, Shabwa, and Abyan, the majority of the governorates of Lahj and Al-Dhale, and parts of Taiz, Marib, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, and Saada.