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Houthis issue warning against use of Saudi airports
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Houthis → issue → airports
The Houthis this morning have just also issued a warning to travellers and airlines against using Saudi airports following yesterday’s attack.
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Houthis → issue → attack
It’s the first public message from the group since Saturday’s deadly assault.
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It → ’ → assault
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Mecca and Medina – the holiest cities in Islam - were excepted but the other Saudi airports and airspace “are exposed to targeting and constitute a theatre of operations for our forces”.
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airports → say → forces
He warned the public to “take our warning seriously” and also claimed that “Saudi Arabia bears responsibility for any failed interceptions”.
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Arabia → warn → interceptions
The Gulf state has been asking the US and other Western allies for more missile interceptors since the fighting escalated.
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fighting → ask → interceptors
Sahree ended his post by saying his group is pursuing: “airport for airport, siege for siege, and escalation for escalation” until they achieved their goals.
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they → end → goals
All week the Houthis have been striking the main airport in the Saudi capital as Saudi-led forces have stepped up an offensive trying to push the rebels back in Yemen.
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forces → strike → Yemen
This week the Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government forces launched an outright offensive on the Houthis who’ve rapidly seized and gained territory these past weeks.
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who → lead → territory
The Houthis have taken over islands in the Bab al- Mandab strait and also staked positions along the Red Sea, crucially seizing control of the passageway through which its enemy – Saudi Arabia, a top oil exporter - had been diverting flows as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut off.
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Strait → take → Hormuz
As you can expect, passengers have been avoiding Saudia Arabia’s main international airport since the major attack yesterday.
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passengers → expect → attack
King Khalid remains closed today.
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Khalid → remain → ?
It remains to be seen if operations will continue at other Saudi airports.
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operations → remain → airports
The Houthis earlier in the week had warned commercial airlines “for the last time” about the consequences of flying into Saudi airspace, noting it was a theatre of fighting.
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it → warn → fighting
Several airlines have previously suspended flights during the past month as the Iran War has expanded to this new front.
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War → suspend → front
Air India, FlyDubai, Lufthansa Group and Pakistan International Airlines had all temporarily paused their routes into Riyadh and other Saudi cities.
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India → pause → Riyadh
Houthis issue warning against use of Saudi airports
The Houthis this morning have just also issued a warning to travellers and airlines against using Saudi airports following yesterday’s attack.
asserted
Houthis → issue → attack
It’s the first public message from the group since Saturday’s deadly assault.
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It → ’ → assault
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Mecca and Medina – the holiest cities in Islam - were excepted but the other Saudi airports and airspace “are exposed to targeting and constitute a theatre of operations for our forces”.
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airports → say → forces
He warned the public to “take our warning seriously” and also claimed that “Saudi Arabia bears responsibility for any failed interceptions”.
asserted
Arabia → warn → interceptions
The Gulf state has been asking the US and other Western allies for more missile interceptors since the fighting escalated.
asserted
fighting → ask → interceptors
Sahree ended his post by saying his group is pursuing: “airport for airport, siege for siege, and escalation for escalation” until they achieved their goals.
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they → end → goals
All week the Houthis have been striking the main airport in the Saudi capital as Saudi-led forces have stepped up an offensive trying to push the rebels back in Yemen.
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forces → strike → Yemen
This week the Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government forces launched an outright offensive on the Houthis who’ve rapidly seized and gained territory these past weeks.
asserted
who → lead → territory
The Houthis have taken over islands in the Bab al- Mandab strait and also staked positions along the Red Sea, crucially seizing control of the passageway through which its enemy – Saudi Arabia, a top oil exporter - had been diverting flows as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut off.
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Strait → take → Hormuz
12 killed at Riyadh airport and hundreds wounded in Saturday strike
Saturday’s attack was the third launched on the Saudi capital’s main airport this week- with the missile making it past Saudi air defences to strike terminals 3 and 4 of King Khalid airport where hundreds of passengers were awaiting domestic flights.
The attack killed at least 12 people and injured 309 at last count, say Saudi officials.
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officials → kill → count
The dead include four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a US citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese.
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dead → include → citizens
A projectile also fell near the King Fahd international airport in Dammam, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis.
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projectile → fall → Houthis
After attacking Saudi Arabia’s main international airport on Saturday in strikes which killed at least 12 people and injured 309, the Houthis have issued another message this morning about the kingdom’s airports.
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Houthis → attack → airports
In response to the Houthi’s assault – the deadliest in Saudi Arabia in over a decade – US President Donald Trump has said Washington may join the Saudis in carrying out air strikes against the Iran-backed group in Yemen.
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Washington → say → Yemen
Trump said: “We may.
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We → say → ?
We’re going to look at it.
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We → go → it
We just found out about the recent attack, so we’ll make a decision.
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we → find → decision
We move very quickly.”
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We → move → ?
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