Airstrikes targeted two districts in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, the Iran-backed rebel group said on Monday, accusing Saudi Arabia of launching the attacks around midnight local time. A spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi-led Health Ministry said the strikes killed one person and wounded 12 others in Sanaa. Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi said an attack on a salt factory in Sanaa’s Hamadan district killed Eman and wounded eight people. A separate attack on a house wounded a woman and three children, he said. The rebels’ media center said Saudi Arabia carried out the attacks, which came as the Houthis continued to fire missiles and drones at the Saudi capital’s main airport and other infrastructure. Those attacks have killed at least 20 people at Saudi airports over the past week, including three who died on October 6 and 7 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha International Airport; three killed in King Khalid on October 8; 13 people killed in deadliest attack at Riyadh airport on Sunday; and one who died in the latest attack on the facility on Sunday. Saudi Arabian authorities did not immediately confirm their latest attacks in Yemen, but the kingdom has been fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels for more than a decade in the country. CBS/AP 43 million ago Iran says it is still reviewing US response to 7-day ceasefire proposal, indirect talks continue Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran was still reviewing the US response to a ceasefire proposal that Iran put forward. “I can tell you that the exchange of messages between Iran and the United States through mediators continues,” Araghchi said, adding that “there has already been considerable discussion on the seven points” of the proposal. Late last month, Iran unveiled a ceasefire proposal that requires Tehran to lift its restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports. renounces sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that includes Lebanon. President Trump has publicly rejected the Iranian offer, but negotiations have continued between both sides through mediators. 3:56 AM US Embassy in Saudi Arabia urges ‘extreme caution’ at country’s airports The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday urged US citizens to exercise ‘extreme caution’ when using the country’s major airports, following a weekend of attacks that killed a total of 13 people. “Please use extreme caution when using Saudi Arabia’s main airports,” the embassy said in a statement. 3:56 AM US fighter jet attacks and disables commercial ship in Gulf of Oman, Pentagon says The US military disabled a Panama-flagged commercial ship in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday by shooting at it with a fighter jet, the US military’s Central Command said. According to CENTCOM, the fighter jet fired a “precision munition” at the Ocean Molica, also known as “Arika Sun,” which disabled the ship’s “propulsion without harming the crew.” It departed from an Iranian port. Iran’s ports have been under a US blockade since a ceasefire between the two countries collapsed in July. Four commercial vessels have been disabled by US forces and 135 ships have been turned back since the blockade went into effect on July 14, CENTCOM said. During that period, U.S. forces also destroyed 10 tankers believed to be part of a “shadow fleet” transporting sanctioned Iranian oil and petroleum products, CENTCOM said. 3:56 AM Saudi airport passenger terminal attacked again, day after 13 killed A projectile hit a passenger terminal at Riyadh international airport on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 13 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said. The Houthis claimed responsibility for those attacks and others. Saudi authorities said one person, described as a Pakistani national, was killed and 11 wounded in the latest attack on the domestic terminal complex of King Khalid International Airport. The airport, hit four times in the past five days, has been closed since Saturday’s missile attack, which was the deadliest on a Gulf Arab nation since the war with Iran began. More than 300 people were injured, some seriously. An American citizen was among the victims of Saturday’s attack, the US embassy in Riyadh said. CBS/AP 3:56 AM US ‘may’ join Saudi attacks on Houthis, Trump says President Trump left open the possibility of the US joining Saudi Arabia’s battle against the Iran-backed Houthis on Saturday. “We can. We’re going to look at it,” Trump said when asked about the possibility as he left the White House. for a campaign rally in Tennessee. “We just found out about the recent attack [on the airport]. So we will make a decision, we will move very quickly.” Mr. Trump was also asked if the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport would change his previously announced decision not to launch any potential attack on Iran until after the midterm elections. “Well, let’s take a look,” he responded. Several people were injured in an attack at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Saturday. The Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the attack, but Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority said the attack was part of “Attacks on civil aviation facilities in the Kingdom continue.”
