Houthis launch missiles at Yemen’s Aden airport as fighting intensifies

Oct 7 (Reuters) Two missiles launched by Yemen s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted the international airport of Yemen s southern ​port city of Aden early ‌on Wednesday but no casualties were reported, the media office of Aden s security department said. The attack comes amid renewed fighting after ‌weeks ​of Houthi advances ⁠along Yemen s Red Sea ⁠coast and a Saudi-backed government counteroffensive that has recaptured areas around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait with ​coalition air support. The airport is the main international gateway serving parts ⁠of Yemen outside Houthi ⁠control. Earlier on Wednesday, the Saudi-led ​coalition said it had intercepted and ​destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards ‌the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi state television reported. The coalition said the missile threats had ⁠originated from the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa and the governorates of Saada and Amran. Following the coalition s ⁠statement, ‌Houthi-affiliated Al Mas