Yemen–Saudi strike claims IRINN shows damaged sites

Sep 26

IRINN shows a destroyed Al-Dalil bridge in Ibb and reports Saudi attacks on water and telecommunications infrastructure in Taiz over the previous twenty-four hours. It describes attacks across several Yemeni provinces and missile and drone retaliation against Saudi positions that morning. A Yemeni speaker names Jeddah, Abha, Khamis Mushait, Tabuk and Yanbu and distinguishes the Saudi rulers from the population. The account contains attributed damage and targeting claims without independent confirmation of each impact.

IRINN says Houthi-led forces attacked positions in Riyadh, Khamis Mushait and Abha with missiles and drones early that morning, presenting this as retaliation for Saudi strikes in Yemen. An accompanying speaker says targets in Jeddah, Abha, Khamis Mushait, Tabuk and Yanbu were struck and distinguishes Saudi rulers from the Saudi public. The broader target list is not explicitly dated to the same morning. No independently verified casualties or damage are supplied. CCTV's September 27 brief relays the Saudi-led coalition's September 26 statement that it destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles launched toward Khamis Mushait and shot down two drones launched toward Riyadh Province that day. This adds the coalition's interception account alongside IRINN's strike account. The sources do not establish that the claimed interceptions covered every attack IRINN described, nor do they independently verify damage or casualties.