What happened

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said Houthi forces had “successfully targeted a sensitive target belonging to the Saudi enemy at Najran Airport using a drone,” describing it as retaliation for alleged Saudi violations of Yemeni airspace. An unnamed regional source told AFP that the airport's main radar was struck, disrupting operations, and the airport's own website listed upcoming flights as “unknown” status. Saudi authorities issued no official statement confirming the attack, the radar damage, or any suspension of service at the time of reporting. This is an earlier, distinct claim in the same escalating pattern of Houthi claims against Najran that includes the 14 August Aramco-facility claim and the 20 August combined airport-and-Aramco claim already recorded separately on this map; unlike those two, this record concerns only the airport (with no Aramco facility mentioned in this particular claim) and is included here for continuity with that broader claimed campaign. As with the later Najran entries, this reflects a single-sourced assertion by a party to the conflict and an unnamed regional source, not an independently verified attack.

When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.