Yemeni military target airport runway to stop Iranian plane landing

Yemen’s defence ministry said on Monday that its armed forces had targeted the runway at Sanaa International Airport to prevent an Iranian plane from landing.

Yemen’s capital city of Sanaa is under the control of the Iran-aligned Houthi group, while the Yemeni government, backed by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, operates out of Aden in southern Yemen.

The Houthis said they would respond to the airport attack which they blamed on Saudi Arabia, but was claimed by the Yemeni government.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of "ending the de-escalation phase and bearing full responsibility for the consequences of its aggression. We affirm that this aggression will not go unanswered or unpunished."