This screen grab taken from undated video footage released on Sept. 12, 2026 by Ansarullah Media Centre purportedly shows smoke rising in the distance as fighting continues between Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed forces. (Credit: Ansarullah Media Centre/AFP)
Houthi media reported on Sunday that Saudi Arabia had carried out two strikes on Saada, in the north of Yemen, a stronghold for the pro-Iran group.
The Almasirah TV channel also reported artillery fire in the border district of Monabbih, in the same province. The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with pro-government forces since Yemen's civil war reignited in July.
Additionally, Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency sent alerts warning of potential attacks in two regions bordering Yemen on Sunday, with its southern neighbor gripped by renewed war.
The alerts, which were for the city of Abha and the region around Khamis Mushait, were quickly lifted. It came shortly after Houthi media reported Saudi strikes in the north of Yemen, close to the border.
Earlier on Sunday, the Houthis claimed to have targeted a military base in Saudi Arabia.
The attack targeted "weapons depots as well as command and control centers from which the aggression against our nation and our people is being directed, at the Sharurah military base," near the border with Yemen, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on X.
On Saturday evening, the Saudi Civil Defense reported that two people were injured after a projectile fired by the Houthis landed in the Jizan region, which is also on the border.
The Houthis, who in July announced a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia and targeted its oil tankers, launched a major attack this week against the kingdom, as Yemeni government forces have suffered significant setbacks in recent days. The Houthis, who until then had controlled much of the north of the country — including the capital, Sanaa, and Hodeida (in the west) — have advanced along the coast in recent days, seizing the port city of Mokha on Thursday. They then took control of the rest of the coastline and the islands in the Red Sea, and the next day consolidated their hold on the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, through which maritime traffic to and from the Suez Canal passes.
The fighting in western Yemen over the past few weeks has killed hundreds and displaced nearly 86,000 people — 10,000 more than the day before — according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which also stated that more than 2,000 of these displaced people have fled the country by boat since Thursday evening, heading for Djibouti.
After years of relative calm, Yemen was plunged back into war in July, drawn into the regional conflict that began in late February with the U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran.
