Houthi-affiliated media said strikes hit the runways at Sanaa International Airport, while Yemen’s information minister said the group was detaining an ICRC aircraft and its two pilots there Related TopicsSaudi airstrikes targeted Sanaa International Airport on Monday, according to Al-Masirah, a television channel affiliated with Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group.“The Saudi aggression targeted the landing and takeoff runways at Sanaa International Airport,” the channel reported.Strikes in SanaaResidents of the Houthi-controlled capital also reported hearing explosions and seeing warplanes circling overhead.There was no immediate official confirmation from Saudi Arabia. If confirmed, the strikes would mark an unusual escalation by Riyadh, which in recent years has sought to preserve the ceasefire reached with the Houthis.The reported attack came several hours after Iran’s Fars News Agency said an Iranian passenger plane landed in Sanaa at around 9 a.m. local time and departed about an hour later.“Some claim the plane belongs to Iran’s Mahan Air, but Yemeni authorities have not yet issued any information on the matter,” the Iranian report said.Yemen’s information minister also said the Houthis were detaining an aircraft belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross at Sanaa airport and were holding its pilot and co-pilot.Further details about the crew’s condition or the circumstances of their detention were not immediately available.Comments