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“Deadly attacks on Saudi Arabian airports in recent days, plunging air travel across the kingdom into chaos, have marked a dangerous new escalation in the country's long-running conflict with Yemen's Houthi rebels.”

“The capital's King Khalid Airport and other infrastructure have been targeted by drones and missiles since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen.”

“Within the past month, the Iranian-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni forces have reignited a decades-long conflict.”

“They claimed the attacks caused major fires and were in response to 50 Saudi-led air and missile strikes in Yemen in the past 12 hours.”

“Yemen's Houthis had warned if Saudi Arabia targeted its oil facilities in Sanaa, it would retaliate by targeting the international airport in Riyadh again.”

“In short: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis say they targeted a Saudi Arabian oil company in retaliation for Saudi attacks on Yemen.”

“As economists and traders began unpicking the implications of the group's actions on the global economy, the Houthis took another step on their escalation ladder, launching strikes on critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.”

“These attacks include the suspected US strikes on an Iranian school that killed 120 school children, an attack which the UN last week determined could amount to a war crime.”

“Houthi warning The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen and much of the north, have been launching attacks against Saudi Arabia since declaring a naval blockade against Riyadh in July, with strikes targeting Saudi vessels in the Red Sea.”