UAE condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi facilities and Red Sea vessels

Attacks on two Saudi airports left three people with minor injuries and caused property damage, Saudi Arabia said, as the United Arab Emirates condemned continued Houthi targeting of Saudi civilians, economic facilities and vessels. According to Khaleej Times, the UAE’s statement covered attacks both inside the kingdom and against Saudi vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the targeting violated Saudi sovereignty and threatened the kingdom’s security and stability. It expressed full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and backed all measures aimed at protecting its security. The statement framed the attacks as a challenge to the kingdom’s sovereignty, while extending support to its response. It did not set out any specific new UAE action.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the continued targeting as “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.

Airports and vessels in focus

Saudi Arabia said King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport and Najran International Airport were targeted on Monday. The reported toll was three minor injuries, along with property damage. The account did not give a breakdown of injuries or damage by airport, nor did it describe the effect on flight operations. Those limits leave the operational impact of the airport attacks unclear in the report.

The maritime targeting formed a separate part of the UAE’s condemnation. The ministry referred specifically to Saudi vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, alongside civilians and civilian and economic facilities within Saudi Arabia. Khaleej Times did not identify the vessels, their cargoes or any damage to them. It also provided no figures for disruption or financial losses linked to the maritime targeting.

That distinction matters to the scope of the account: the source gives an injury toll and reports property damage for the airport attacks, but provides no comparable assessment for the vessels. The UAE’s statement brings the land and maritime targeting together in its diplomatic response, without offering a detailed account of each incident or its economic consequences.

Coalition reports missile interception

In a separate development, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Wednesday that it had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile north of Riyadh. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki reported the interception in a post on X and attributed the launch to the Houthis. The account did not identify the missile’s intended target or report damage from that incident.

The UAE’s declared position is support for Saudi measures to safeguard security and stability. What to watch next is whether further official statements clarify the impact on the targeted airports and vessels, and what protective measures Saudi Arabia takes. The report provides no timetable or details for such measures; its concrete developments remain the reported airport casualties and damage, the coalition’s interception claim and the UAE’s condemnation.