Iran-backed Houthis LAUNCH ATTACK on Saudi Arabia

JON: THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT. IS ISSUING A TRAVEL WARNING FOR. AMERICANS MANY SAUDI ARABIA. IT'S UN, THEM TO CONTACT --. URGING THEM TO CONTACT THEIR. CLOSEST EMBASSY AFTER. IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS LAUNCHED A. BALLISTIC MISSILE AT THE CITY OF. RIYADH YESTERDAY. STEPHANIE BENNETT IS LIVE IN. LONDON WITH MORE ON THAT. >> Reporter: HEY, JON. THE ALERT IS ONCE WARNING OF AIR. SPACE CLOSURES, FLIGHT. CANCELLATIONS AND TRAVEL. DISRUPTIONS. THESE ARE PERIODIC REMINDERS AND.

ALSO FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT. EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN SAUDI. ARABIA, THEY WILL REQUIRE. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION TO BE. THERE. NOW, YESTERDAY AS YOU MENTIONED. SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT FOILED THE. IRAN-BACKED HOUTHI REBELS'. ATTACK ON ITS CAPITAL OF RIYADH, INTERCEPTING AND DESTROYING A. BALLISTIC MISSILE THERE. SOME RESIDENTS SAY THEY HEARD AN. EXPLOSION, AND THIS VIDEO SHOWS. THOSE FLAMES AND THAT HUGE PLUME. OF BLACK SMOKE. THIS HAPPENING NEAR THE. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CAUSING. TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS THERE. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN. MONTHS, EMERGENCY AIR RAID.

ALERTS SOUNDEDDED ACROSS THE. CAPITAL. THE HOUTHIS ALSO TRY TRIED TO. ATTACK SPOTS NEAR THE RED SEA, BUT THOSE WERE THWARTED AS WELL. LAST WEEK THEY STORMED DOWN THE. RED SEA COAST CAPTURING KEY. CITIES IN THE BAB EL-MANDEB. STRAIT ALLOWING THEM TO KEEP AN. EYE ON WHO COMES IN AND OUT AND. POSING A MAJOR THREAT TO GLOBAL. OIL SUPPLIES. IT'S A VITAL SHIPPING ROUTE USED. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. WHILE AN ATTACK ON SAUDI'S. EAST-WEST PIPELINE WAS BLAMED ON.

IRAN-BACKED MILITANTS IN IRAQ. ANALYSTS HAD THIS TO SAY ON. YESTERDAY'S MISSILE INTERCEPTION. NEAR THE AIRPORT. >> IT WAS AN EASY INTERCEPT FOR. THE SAUDIS. VERY CAPABLE MILITARY. LOOK, THE HOUTHIS WANT ECONOMIC. CONCESSIONS, BUT WHY MATTERS FOR. AMERICANS IS IT JUST SHOWS YOU, AGAIN, IT WAS IRAN THAT HELPED. THE HOUTHIS UPGRADE SOME OF. THEIR OLD RUSSIAN AND NORTH. KOREAN MISSILES. AND WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS. >> REPORTER: THE UNITED NATIONS. MIGRATION AGENCY SAYS AT LEAST. 112,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. DISPLACED INSIDE YEMEN IN THE.

LAST TWO WEEKS. NEARLY 3,000 HAVE FLED BY SEA. CROSSING THE STRAIT OH TO. DJIBOUTI. OVER TO DJIBOUTI. IRAN WARNED TODAY AGAINST ANY. NEW ATTACK BY THE UNITED STATES. AND ITS ALLIES SAYING IT WOULD. TRIGGER SUSTAINED RETALIATION. AGAINST U.S. BASES AND. INTERESTS. A LOT IS DEVELOPING, JON, OVERSEAS. JON: PLEASE KEEP.