Saudi-led coalition carries out naval operation against the Houthis in Hodeidah

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis announced on Monday evening that its naval forces carried out a military operation in Hodeidah, as Al Jazeera reports.

According to the coalition, the operation targeted weapons depots, explosive-boat depots and naval mines of the Iran-backed group.

Houthi-linked media reported air strikes on Kamaran Island and in the al-Salif district of Hodeidah governorate, on the Red Sea coast.

The operation comes after the Houthis declared that they had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and the Aramco refinery in Rabigh, on a day that marked the newest escalation of the regional conflict.