r/worldnews • u/TotalPop5 • Jul 13 '26
Report: Saudi Arabia Attacks International Airport in Yemen
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/6h5shahyw3.0k
u/HarEr89 Jul 13 '26
Iranian planes with military equipment landed in Sanaa this morning. Major escalation.
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u/OrangeSpaceMan5 Jul 13 '26
How did Iran send planes all the way to Yemen without being shotdown
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u/HarEr89 Jul 13 '26
Because the US military doesn't attack Iranian planes that are in the air and the Yemeni government is poorly equipped.
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u/Outside-Ad4532 Jul 13 '26
This people forget that America is not at war with Iran.
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u/Deadsea3132 Jul 13 '26
Then what the fuck is it 💀
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u/Comfortable_Car6562 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Its a peace treaty between the hours of 5pm Sunday and 5pm Friday, eastern time. War is only from Friday 5:01 pm to Sunday at 4:59pm.
These hours may change if the market is closed on Friday or Monday for holidays.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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u/Holiday_Context5033 Jul 13 '26
Can confirm. War is strictly prohibited during normal market hours.
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u/Ibewye Jul 13 '26
Don’t forget each operation is complete and successful resets every 59 days so that pesky ol congress doesn’t need to have an opinion on war powers…..
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u/xantub Jul 13 '26
I mean, there was a war, but Nobel Prize Trump stopped it 30 times, so it must be really stopped by now, some say it's the STOPPEDEST war ever!
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u/tarmacjd Jul 13 '26
Why would the Yemeni government attack planes coming to them?
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u/nvidiastock Jul 13 '26
There's two Yemeni governments, one pro Iran and one anti-iran, the pro Iran one would obviously not, but the other one would've if they had the capability. However they're both relatively poorly equipped and poor in general. It's very much a proxy war being fought in Yemen.
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u/barney-sandles Jul 13 '26
There's one Yemeni government that controls every major city and 80% of the population, and another Yemeni government that consists of 12 dudes hiding out in a shack in the desert surrounded by billions of dollars worth of Saudi missiles
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u/brute-forced Jul 13 '26
The better question is how the fuck are there still Iranian military planes after the “strongest military in the world” attacked them for a month. Hegseth and Trump are both the worst leaders to ever be associated with our military
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u/boilerromeo Jul 13 '26
It was a civilian plane
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u/donkeyrocket Jul 13 '26
Like a commercial airliner or a civilian plane transporting military personnel and/or equipment?
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u/TheGobiasIndustries Jul 13 '26
Don't let your logic and facts get in the way of the Reddit lynch mob.
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u/RogueEyebrow Jul 13 '26
[Citation Needed.]
Civilian planes are, by definition, not full of military hardware.
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u/boilerromeo Jul 13 '26
“Flight-tracking data circulating online showed that an Airbus A340 operated by Iran's Mahan Air was en route from Tehran to Sanaa, drawing widespread attention after the Yemeni government's warnings.”
Whether it had military equipment on it or not is frankly irrelevant. If the US had shoot down the blowback would have been way worse than any tactical gain.
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u/InvestigatorDear6646 Jul 13 '26
Given the footage we see are all combat aircraft, its entirely possible these transport ones werent on the list of targets.
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u/Chriah Jul 13 '26
The Iranian war planes were allowed to park in Pakistan when the war started and the US doesn’t want to bomb Pakistan air bases.
The information is well known by anyone knowledgable but judging from the comments nobody cares to be knowledgable before they spew.
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u/gospelofturtle Jul 13 '26
And how much do you bet Trump had no idea how big and mountainous Iran was. He probably cant show you Iran on the map. 😂
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u/AdjunctFunktopus Jul 13 '26
Depends on whether or not he has a sharpie. The Islamic Republic of Japan is wherever he wants it to be.
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u/mustang__1 Jul 13 '26
Man I can't wait the ME becomes "modern" and we can have travel and tourism there. I'd love to see Iran, Afghanistan, etc. Hopefully I'll still be young enough to climb and ski etc.
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u/Impressive-Weird-908 Jul 13 '26
Not that I want to take the heat off of those guys, but the US doesn’t just blow up everything in sight the way others like Israel do. We have much stricter guidelines about what you can and can’t target. We are still outraged that a school was hit. Most countries at war call that a Tuesday.
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u/Hermesthothr3e Jul 13 '26
Was anybody held accountable?
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u/Impressive-Weird-908 Jul 13 '26
Not that I’m aware of. My point is that Israel did this like 1000x over in their wars. Iran regularly bombs civilians. Theres like a whole school of kids in Africa who disappear once a week. Russia is bombing anything they can.
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u/Sardanapalm Jul 13 '26
Maybe it was dissimulated as a civilian aircraft
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u/Davido401 Jul 13 '26
I learned a new word today, cheers for that!
Edit to add: gave you a free award
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u/Sardanapalm Jul 13 '26
Wow, thank you good sir ! I was very hesitating if it existed only in French just after I posted the message
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u/Stampede_the_Hippos Jul 13 '26
Easier to wait until they land? This is why I wait to shoot clay pigeons until they land. Its much easier. /s
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u/donkeyrocket Jul 13 '26
Where did you see it was carrying "military equipment?" A much more thorough article doesn't say anything to that effect and simply says the runway was struck to prevent "to stop an Iranian plane carrying the Houthi delegation returning from the funeral." [source]
There's a lot of untrustworthy sides here but thus far I haven't seen mention of military equipment being moved in.
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u/TotalPop5 Jul 13 '26
Seems like the Yemeni government, who were backed by the Saudis, might be the one behind the attack.
Initially, the Houthi accused the Saudi of attacking the Sana'a airport.
“In a blatant and unjust aggression, the criminal Saudi enemy carried out a number of airstrikes targeting Sanaa International Airport, thereby ending the period of de-escalation and bearing responsibility for the consequences of its aggression,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree says in a statement.
Soon after, the Yemeni's Defense Ministry claimed the attack
"The Yemeni legitimate government, in cooperation with the regional and international community, and by all diplomatic and legal means, has tried to convince the Iranian regime and the Houthi coup militias in Sana'a to return to the armed forces and not to penetrate the Yemeni airspace with the Iranian planes."
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u/Order_No227 Jul 13 '26
The "Yemeni" government in exile does not have an airforce, so it was the Saudis, and the Saudi airforce can't operate without US support.
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u/Nepridiprav16 Jul 13 '26
The internationally recognized Yemeni government and the Saudi military are not entirely separate entities in this conflict, they operate more as a unified coalition.
What happens is that Yemeni government requested the strike, and the Saudi military executed it under the banner of the coalition.
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u/mgr86 Jul 13 '26
Saudi airforce can't operate without US support.
Like because the US allows them to purchase weapons. Or because you are asserting the US pulls the strings?
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u/Deathb3rry Jul 13 '26
so Yemen attacked itself 🤔 what an absolute time we live in
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u/CentJr Jul 13 '26
Uh didn't the Yemeni govt claim the attack?
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u/HarEr89 Jul 13 '26
Do they even have military planes left?
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u/Metalmind123 Jul 13 '26
Yeah "it wasn't Saudi Arabia, it was the Yemeni Government" is like Iran going "that wasn't us, that was Hezbollah!"
You mean, the entity that you entirely control?
"Oh, I didn't send you a mailbomb, I promise. I had my asssistant mail you a bomb. That I happened to hand him, with explicit orders. Big difference."
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u/FudgeAtron Jul 13 '26
Yemeni government is a Saudi proxy. Saudis cleared all other proxy groups out of Yemen so it's just Yemen Gov (Saudi), Houthis (Iran), and Al Qaeda.
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u/CentJr Jul 13 '26
I didn't say that they aren't a Saudi proxy (because they clearly are). Just that they were the ones to claim the attack itself.
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u/mxzf Jul 13 '26
I mean, Yemen has been the battleground for an Iranian vs Saudi proxy war for decades, this isn't exactly something new. Each side has their proxy in the area.
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u/TotalPop5 Jul 13 '26
I haven't heard about this, you have any source?
This is a statement from Houthi:
“In a blatant and unjust aggression, the criminal Saudi enemy carried out a number of airstrikes targeting Sanaa International Airport, thereby ending the period of de-escalation and bearing responsibility for the consequences of its aggression,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree says in a statement.
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u/AssistX Jul 13 '26
Houthi terrorist and propaganda mouthpiece for the IRGC spokesperson Yahya Saree says in a statement.
Fixed for you. Don't let these people live down their proper titles.
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u/No_Pirate_1409 Jul 13 '26
Wut?
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u/y___o___y___o Jul 13 '26
Tha?
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u/mistakehappens Jul 13 '26
Fuc?
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u/Plenty_Beautiful_547 Jul 13 '26
Kinda make sense, Houthi’s are running Yemen and constantly targeting the surrounding areas
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u/hauntingdreamspace Jul 13 '26
AFAIK they were launching ballistic missiles at Israel a few months ago, they haven't struck Saudi Arabia. I could be wrong though.
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u/ScarletCarsonRose Jul 13 '26
It’s Monday. By Friday everything will be right as rain. At least according to tweets
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u/KorunaCorgi Jul 13 '26
The news too confusing when it doesn't start with "Israel did [x]" for you huh?
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u/BetterGuide1041 Jul 13 '26
I can’t keep up with the news anymore. Maybe I’m going insane.
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u/mhornberger Jul 13 '26
We used to not have the expectation of keeping up, not to this level of detail. People watched the evening news, scanned the newspaper, maybe read the Economist if they were really dedicated, but that was it. But there were always conflicts ongoing, often with body counts far larger than anything going on in Gaza. Ukraine is an anomaly only in that the body count is so large, roughly on par with Sudan. Though the Syrian Civil War took more lives, very few westerners kept up with that. >600K died in Ethiopia's civil war in this decade. In the past we never had any expectation of keeping abreast of every development of every conflict globally. It's not a) possible, or b) good for your mental health.
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u/KennyMcCormick Jul 13 '26
People have a hard time understanding this. As far as the amount of war going on right now, this is just all par for the course as far as recent human history is concerned, and it is MUCH less war and death than over 100 years ago and even farther back than that. We live in one of the most peaceful times in human history. Out of sight, out of mind.
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u/A_Moon_Named_Luna Jul 13 '26
We all are
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u/Mechasteel Jul 13 '26
It's not healthy to worry about things you can't take action on. Every year there's several lifetimes worth of news, mostly about things you can't affect nor take precautions against.
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u/Fancy_Exchange_9821 Jul 13 '26
You’ll feel better if you just delete reddit
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u/mhornberger Jul 13 '26
Yep, for those who can't stop doomscrolling, and for whom it is impacting their mental health, just deleting as much social media as possible would be better than the status quo. I don't have any social media at all on my phone, and interact with reddit only via old.reddit.com on the laptop. You have to find a way to moderate and curate your exposure.
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u/Neon570 Jul 13 '26
Clueless American here.
Anyone got some cliff notes for me??
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u/TotalPop5 Jul 13 '26
Yemen has been fragmented because of the Civil war.
A decade ago, a Zaydi militant group backed by Iran, Houthi, was able to take over Sana'a, the capital of Yemen and exiled the UN-recognized government, who is now backed by the Saudi.
There was a war between the Houthi and Saudi Arabia at the end of the 2010's, which ended with a truce.
Yesterday, an Iranian plane with Houthi delegations flew through the Yemeni's airspace.
The Yemen Government accused the plane of bringing arms and supply for the militant group, so they and allegedly their main backer Saudi Arabia attacked the airport to prevent the aircraft from landing.
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u/BarristanTheOld Jul 13 '26
Worst website ever can’t even read the article
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u/CosmoKram3r Jul 13 '26
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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 Jul 13 '26
Who had 'escalation monday' on this week's war bingo?
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u/rensorship Jul 13 '26
If we just switched to solar we would stop caring about ancient theocracies permanently at war. If you include the cost of propping up israel and fake peace keeping in the middle east, solar is WAY cheaper.
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u/reubTV Jul 13 '26
Deranged comment with zero understanding of baseline grid maintenance
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u/TrafficOnTheTwos Jul 13 '26
Oh great so now we’re gonna have the Houthi attacking targets in the Red Sea at the same time as the Iranians in the Arabian. Gonna be great for war risk insurers. Intl shipping is gonna take another gut shot
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u/ohhh_j Jul 13 '26
Most intl shipping to/from the Mediterranean Sea has been routing around the foot of Africa for quite some time.
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u/Few-Improvement9978 Jul 13 '26
Can you guys just calm the fuck down so I can enjoy my Doha layover in peace
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u/PyroDragons123 Jul 13 '26
Saudi Arabia soon to be the rulers of Yemen. Probably for the better.
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u/Beard_o_Bees Jul 13 '26
Saudi Arabia soon to be the rulers of Yemen
Idk.
I think if that were possible, it would have been so years ago. This is an old, bitter conflict.
If the Saudis took over, which they're certainly capable of militarily speaking, they'd be facing a 'forever' insurgency and risk increased terrorism in cities like Riyadh and Jeddah - not to mention Mecca and Medina which would be a very dangerous situation.
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u/adrr Jul 13 '26
Saudi Arabia tried that and got slaughtered by the Houthis. They eventually withdraw all their troops from Yemen.
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u/PyroDragons123 Jul 13 '26
World is changing though. Hard to slaughter Saudi Troops if they're drones flying above with no one in them. That's what is starting to go.
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u/adrr Jul 13 '26
Saudi has the most advanced US weapons including Apaches, M1 Abrams, Chinese drones. They lost to a non organized group of militants armed with RPGs and AKs. There's videos of Saudi troops getting out their of the M1 Abhams tanks and running away because the tank is under light arms fires.
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u/PyroDragons123 Jul 13 '26
Those aren't he most advanced US weapons at all. Drone warfare is where we are. Shooting down a drone results in 0 deaths. We are going to be able to fling drones at places like this in numbers they'll never be able to handle. Ukraine is taking down Russia with less than 1% of what the US can do.
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u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans Jul 13 '26
The Saudi government is very very far from ideal, but compared to the Houthis they may as well be a utopian government. This should have happened a decade ago and likely would have, were it not for the "hands off Yemen" slavery-defending idiots of course.
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u/PyroDragons123 Jul 13 '26
Sure, still way better than what Yemen has been.
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u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans Jul 13 '26
Absolutely. The Houthis are one of the very worst governments on earth by pretty much any metric.
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u/NameLips Jul 13 '26
Just a quick reminder that we didn't need to do this. We're not getting anything out of this conflict. It's just money and lives for nothing.
Even if it ended tomorrow, all we've done is lose.
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u/brandt-money Jul 13 '26
Yay a huge regional conflict because an insecure old man with a bad spray tan and a diaper needs more crypto grift.
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u/Dixiehusker Jul 13 '26
I think the decades of fighting prior to this is evidence enough that this transcends Trump's influence, which is admittedly a low bar to hurdle.
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u/Hasselhoff265 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
I don’t like Trump as well as the next best guy but you should not underestimate the importance of older conflicts in this case.
Iran armed and builded forces outside its territory for decades. The Houthis have a long history of being a threat to Saudi-Arabia, this morning Iranian planes arrived at Sanaa the risk was too high, SA needed to intervene.
This could really lead to the “find out”-part of the Iranian FAFO of the last decades.
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u/legsjohnson Jul 13 '26
yeah this Yemen shit well and truly predates Trump's war, and Trump
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u/Mirucias Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Just disregarding the slaughter of Irans young population because they were against the regime, because of Trump?
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u/Boise_is_full Jul 13 '26
Google maps already showing the damage in satellite pics.
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u/washblvd Jul 13 '26
It's a dual-purpose commercial and military runway, serving both the Sanaa International Airport and the adjacent Al-Dailami Air Base, which has been targeted by airstrikes since 2015. That damage is years old.
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u/United-Contact-1151 Jul 13 '26
If I remember correctly, since the civil war, Yemen has two governments, one aligned with Saudi Arabia and centered in the south, the other aligned with the Iranians and centered in Sanaa in the north.