[News] Saudi airport knocked out of operation after Yemeni strike hits its main radar

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Saudi airport knocked out of operation after Yemeni strike hits its main
radar: Report
Presstv
August 5, 2026
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Frame grab from undated footage shows a missile launch staged by Yemen’s
Armed Forces.

*A Saudi Arabian airport near the kingdom’s border with Yemen has been
knocked out of operation after a retaliatory strike by Yemen’s Armed Forces
hits the facility’s main radar, a report says.*

AFP carried the report on Tuesday, citing a regional source with knowledge
of the matter.

According to the source, the operations at the Najran Airport have been
“suspended indefinitely” with the targeted radar having sustained damage.

The airport’s website listed as “unknown” the status of flights scheduled
for the next few days.

Earlier in the day, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced striking a “strategic
installation” inside the airport in southern Saudi Arabia in response to
Riyadh’s ongoing aggression and blockade against their homeland.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the servicemen, said the
vital target was hit using a domestically-developed kamikaze drone in
reprisal for Saudi Arabia’s violation of Yemeni airspace over the northern
provinces of Sa’ada and Hajjah with unmanned aerial vehicles.

Last month, the forces imposed a naval blockade on Saudi maritime transit
through the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait in response to a blockade
imposed by Riyadh on the Arab Peninsula nation.

*‘Unprecedented’ Saudi avoidance of Bab el-Mandeb*

Also on Tuesday, an analysis released by the international maritime
intelligence firm Windward cited the latest data as showing that maritime
traffic involving Saudi-linked vessels’ transit through the waterway had
fallen to its lowest level on record.

The average daily number of the vessels transiting Bab el-Mandeb has fallen
from around 30 to 18, representing a 22-percent decline, it said, adding
that the drop among oil tankers has been even steeper standing at 39
percent.

Sana’a has vowed to sustain the blockade as part of its “siege for siege”
approach as long as Riyadh kept up its maritime restrictions targeting
Yemen.
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