Houthis claim strikes on Dammam airport and an Aramco site in Yanbu

The claims extend a campaign that has already hit Riyadh and Jeddah airports and Aramco's Dhahran headquarters. The UK had advised against travel to Dammam before the claims.

Yemen's Houthi movement says it attacked King Fahd Airport in Dammam. It also says it struck an Aramco site in Yanbu, on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast. Saudi authorities have not confirmed either strike.

The Dammam claim follows weeks in which the Houthi campaign has moved from intercepts in Saudi border provinces to confirmed hits on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, Jeddah's airport and Aramco's Dhahran headquarters. Flight operations were suspended at the Riyadh airport after that strike. The UK had already advised against travel to Dammam, alongside Jeddah.

The Yanbu claim would extend the campaign west, beyond the eastern hubs and border provinces hit so far.

The Houthis have said mediation with Saudi Arabia has failed and have warned of all-round escalation. The State Department has said Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are increasing and has named civilian airports and critical infrastructure as targets. The US Embassy issued an alert over the attacks after the strikes on Riyadh's airport and Aramco's Dhahran site, and the US has ordered non-emergency staff to leave Saudi Arabia. The UK and France are flying or deploying defensive support.

The Dammam claim extends the target list into a major eastern hub tied to Aramco's operations rather than opening a genuinely new front. Washington's posture, pulling non-emergency personnel out of the kingdom, already treated this risk level as elevated before the claim was made.