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Houthi Projectile Wounds Two, Damages Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan Region
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In Short: In the latest escalation, a Houthi projectile struck Saudi Arabia’s Jazan region, wounding two and damaging a mosque, according to Saudi Civil Defence.
Saudi Civil Defence reported that a projectile fired by the Yemeni Houthi rebels struck the Jazan region, resulting in two injuries and damage to a mosque and several buildings.
The attack occurred in Jazan’s al-Tuwal governorate, with Saudi authorities warning residents in Khamis Mushait to take precautions.
In recent days, the Iran-backed Houthis have launched missile and drone strikes on southern Saudi Arabia, targeting civilian and economic facilities and wounding 73 people, including women and children.
The Houthis have expanded their control, taking over the strategic port city of Mocha and advancing in several Yemeni provinces, while Saudi-backed forces have opened new fronts in Al-Jawf, Marib, and Al-Bayda.
Saudi Arabia is urging the U.S. to take direct military action against the Houthis, following their recent advance on key positions along Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait, which triggered urgent discussions in Riyadh and Washington.
What's confirmed
- Saudi Civil Defence reported that a projectile fired by the Yemeni Houthi rebels struck the Jazan region, resulting in two injuries and damage to a mosque and several buildings.
- The attack occurred in Jazan’s al-Tuwal governorate, with Saudi authorities warning residents in Khamis Mushait to take precautions.
- In recent days, the Iran-backed Houthis have launched missile and drone strikes on southern Saudi Arabia, targeting civilian and economic facilities and wounding 73 people, including women and children.
- The Houthis have expanded their control, taking over the strategic port city of Mocha and advancing in several Yemeni provinces, while Saudi-backed forces have opened new fronts in Al-Jawf, Marib, and Al-Bayda.
- Saudi Arabia is urging the U.S. to take direct military action against the Houthis, following their recent advance on key positions along Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait, which triggered urgent discussions in Riyadh and Washington.
What's still developing
- Several vehicles were also damaged by the projectile that landed in Jazan’s al-Tuwal governorate on Saturday, it added.
- The rapid advance on Friday triggered urgent discussions at the highest levels in Riyadh and Washington, and a source familiar with the matter tells Fox News Digital that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Donald Trump to take military action against the Houthis.
- The Houthis reached the strategic island of Mayyun, also known as Perim, after Yemeni government forces withdrew and also took the mainland coastal town of Dhubab, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters on Friday.
- The U.S. does not want to take direct military action for now, but Trump told bin Salman that Washington would assist Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting support, according to the source.
- "Trump’s success in pushing back on Iran’s maritime threat in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf has made the regime lose the maritime leverage it had, and now it is looking to double down on the Houthis who have proven to be able to impact Red Sea shipping and the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the past," Ben Taleblu said.
- "As Tehran loses leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, it is trying to wield a knife and a handshake at once: diplomacy with Arab states and a knife in the back via the Houthi offensive," he added.
- Former U.S. special envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking said Friday that the Houthis had spent the years since the 2022 U.N.-brokered truce rebuilding their military strength and are now exploiting the broader Iran conflict to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia.
- Members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces fire a tank during what they say to be clashes with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a location given as near Al-Hazm, Yemen, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released September 9, 2026. (Media Centre Of The Yemeni Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters) Lenderking said the Houthis are now taking advantage of the wider conflict with Iran to increase their leverage over Riyadh.