Houthis claim Saudi strikes Saree warns airlines

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CCTV attributes to Yahya Saree's October 5 statement three missile/drone operations against Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, Aramco's Rabigh refinery, Abha airport, King Khalid Air Base, the Aqifa camp and other targets, with claimed aviation disruption and a refinery fire. The statement calls this retaliation for sixty Saudi air/missile strikes in the preceding twenty-four hours. Saree directly warns airlines to stop using Saudi airspace, excluding Mecca and Medina, and disclaims consequences. CCTV says Saudi Arabia had not responded and a CMG reporter heard Riyadh explosions on October 5 evening and early October 6. Strike success and damage remain attributed claims.

IRINN says Houthi-side refinery attacks over Jeddah and Riyadh prompted Sana'a's Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center to warn airlines that Saudi airspace is unsafe except over Mecca and Medina. The broadcast's refinery and safety claims are attributed; independent strike damage and the warning's exact issuance date are not established. Vremya's October 6 package airs Yahya Saree directly warning airlines to stop Saudi-airspace flights except over Mecca and Medina and disclaiming responsibility for consequences. It places the quotation beside reported King Khalid and Abha strikes. The different official-source attribution and stronger direct quotation do not resolve the original warning's issuance date or independently establish aviation safety or strike damage. CCTV dates Saree's statement to October 5, plays his airline warning and Mecca/Medina exception, and retains Saudi non-response. Li Zixin analyzes transport/insurance consequences alongside the pact's defensive limits. October 5 identifies CCTV's Saree statement; it does not settle the earlier HOCC warning's date or prove all accounts describe one issuance.