India, Oct. 8 -- Yemen's Houthis claimed on Thursday morning that they struck Saudi Arabia's main international airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile and hit their target "with precision".

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a post on X that after the attack, operations at Riyadh's King Khalid Airport were disrupted.

"By the grace of God, our armed forces have succeeded in targeting King Khalid Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile, which struck its target with precision and caused the disruption of airport operations," Saree wrote.

Iran-backed Houthi fighters also warned global airlines to not operate flights in Saudi airspace, except for the airspace over the sacred sites of Mecca al-Mukarramah and Medina al-Munaw...