Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport

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Yemen's Houthi movement claimed responsibility for an attack on Riyadh's main airport as fighting with government forces intensified. Government forces said they had recaptured territory near Bab al-Mandab and the port city of Mocha, both strategically important to Red Sea shipping.

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a key shipping route in the Red Sea, as well as the port city of Mocha, which was captured last month.