For the second time since June, a winged Houthi missile hit the airport in Saudi Arabia

The Houthis announced that they bombed what they described as military targets at the airport of Abha in southern Saudi Arabia with a winged cruise missile, while Riyadh admitted that the airport was bombed, and spoke at the same time about the interception of a Houthi drone.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Serai said late on Wednesday that the Quds 1 projectile had hit the military operations center and warplanes.

Commenting on the Houthi announcement, a spokesman for the Saudi-UAE coalition Turki al-Maliki confirmed the fall of what he described as a hostile projectile at Abha International Airport on Wednesday evening.

Maliki said the shelling did not result in injuries at the airport, which had been bombed by the Houthis with a cruise missile in June, wounding 26 people and material damage, and then by drones left behind the killing of a Syrian resident, according to official Saudi statements at the time.

Maliki called the Houthi attack a terrorist, saying the Houthis continued to target civilians and civilian sites protected under international humanitarian law.

In a statement, the Saudi-UAE coalition said in a statement that it had shot down a Houthi drone on Wednesday.

For months, the Houthis have attacked Saudi airports, military bases and oil facilities in response to what they call the aggression against Yemen.