Transcript & Summary of Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh ON EDGE after reported EXPLOSIONS #shorts #foxnews #news #us

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Reported explosions put Saudi Arabia's. capital on edge today. Emergency alerts. warned residents in Riad of possible. aerial attacks and flights were. disrupted at the city's main airport. This follows days of escalating fighting. between Saudi Arabia and Iranbacked. Houthis in Yemen. Stephanie Bennett has. the latest from our London bureau. Stephanie. Well, John, the Houthis did. not specify what they targeted, but said. they attacked sensitive sites, and there. were no immediate reports of casualties.

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Now, video shows flames and a large. plume of black smoke near Khaled. International Airport this morning in. Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyad. Tracking website Flight Radar 24. reported major issues, including long. delays. And for the first time in. months, emergency air raid alerts. sounded overnight across the capital as. residents reported hearing loud. explosions. It comes after days of. escalating conflict between the kingdom. and the Iranbacked Houthi rebels in. neighboring Yemen. The Houthies of.

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course stormed down the Red Sea coast. seizing new territory last week now. posing a major threat to global oil. supplies capturing key cities of Mocha. and Pam Island in the Babel Mendde. Strait a vital shipping route for Saudi. oil that's used as an alternative to. bypass the straight of Hormuz. The. Houthis have been launching attacks. against Saudi Arabia since declaring a. naval blockade against Riyad in July. targeting Saudi oil facilities and. tankers. while an attack on Saudi's East. West pipeline was blamed on Iranbacked.

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militias in Iraq. Now, the United. Nations Migration Agency at last check. said at least 112,000 people have been. displaced inside Yemen in the last two. weeks alone. Nearly 3,000 have fled by. sea, crossing to the straight uh. crossing the straight to Djibouti. Now, they say urgent support is needed to. meet shelter, water, and sanitation. needs. John. >> Stephanie Bennett reporting live from. London.