Houthis claim new attacks on Saudi oil facilities and airports; missiles fired at Aden coast guard sites

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Houthis claim fresh attacks on Saudi oil sites and airports; missiles hit Aden area

On Saturday the Houthis said they attacked Saudi oil facilities and airports, and Yemen's Saudi-backed government said the group fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in Aden. Earlier in the week an attack on King Fahd airport in Dammam killed one person and injured eight, and the US ordered personnel to leave Saudi Arabia, citing the Houthi threat. In Taiz, the UN says more than 800,000 people have been cut off from aid since the Houthis encircled the city in early October.

• A hospital in Taiz warned on Saturday it could collapse within days because of shortages of fuel, medicines and oxygen under the Houthi siege.
• The UN says nearly 260,000 people are displaced, as government forces launched hundreds of strikes on Houthi locations around Taiz, according to a spokesperson.
• A mass funeral was held on Wednesday in southern Yemen for 75 recruits killed in a Houthi missile strike on a training camp.
• The Qatar MotoGP will go ahead, while Saudi Arabia has scrapped events in the region after a deadly strike on Riyadh airport.