Watch: Who’re the Houthis, and why are they so exhausting to battle?

Saudi Arabia’s power minister has vowed to reply to the assaults on the dominion’s airports and oil and gasoline services by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi motion.

It comes after the Houthis fired missiles in strikes throughout Riyadh, killing not less than 14 and injured greater than 300 in two strikes on the town’s airport. In addition they attacked oil services and Dammam airport in jap Saudi Arabia, their army spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saree stated.

The Houthis stated they launched the assaults in retaliation for “brutal Saudi aggression” towards areas they management in western Yemen.

The BBC’s safety correspondent Frank Gardner explains how Houthis’ precision strikes and guerrilla techniques have made it troublesome for Saudi forces to achieve the higher hand.