Daijiworld Media Network - Sanaa

Sanaa, Nov 2: Yemen's Houthi group has reported a series of airstrikes on Ras Isa port, a key oil terminal along the Red Sea coast in the western province of Hodeidah, targeting a port berth and a commercial vessel docked there.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported the strikes on Sunday evening (local time), attributing them to what the group described as "Saudi aggression".

The channel did not immediately provide information on casualties or the extent of damage caused to the port and the vessel.

Al-Masirah TV later reported another airstrike on a telecommunications facility southeast of Saada city, the capital of the Houthis' northern stronghold of Saada province. The channel attributed the attack to Saudi warplanes. No casualties were immediately reported.

Meanwhile, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement posted on social media platform X on Sunday that 75 air and missile strikes had targeted the provinces of Saada, Taiz, Amran, Ibb, Dhamar, Lahj, Hodeidah and Al-Jawf over the past 24 hours.

He claimed that the attacks had caused civilian casualties and put the total number of air and missile strikes since the latest escalation began at 3,830. However, the figures could not be independently verified, Xinhua news agency reported.

Separately, the Saudi-led coalition announced on Sunday that it had intercepted and destroyed a drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the kingdom's southern region.

Cross-border hostilities between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have intensified in recent weeks, with Saudi strikes targeting Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, while the group has launched missiles and drones towards Saudi territory.

Yemen has been embroiled in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and large parts of northern Yemen. The developments prompted a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised Yemeni government.