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| - Saudi Arabia, which entered the Yemen conflict in 2015 to bolster the internationally recognised government, has repeatedly been targeted with cross-border attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels. A timeline of the attacks: In June 2015, the Huthis fire a Scud missile at the city of Khamis Mushait, in the southwest of the kingdom, in response to an intensification of Saudi coalition air strikes. Riyadh says it intercepted the missile, which the rebels say was aimed at an air base, claiming that several Saudi soldiers were killed in the attack. Saudi coalition aircraft launch retaliatory strikes, bombing several military sites and rebel positions. Khamis Mushait, which is home to a major air base, has since been the target of several rebel attacks. In December 2015, a missile fired at the Saudi city of Najran by rebels in Yemen kills three civilians, including two Indian workers. A Huthi rocket kills seven civilians in the city in August 2016. Since then, the Huthis have fired numerous missiles at Najran and Jazan, which lie on the border with Yemen, in southern Saudi Arabia. In November 2017, Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen near the international airport northeast of Riyadh. Riyadh accuses Iran of giving military support to the Huthi rebels. Iran rejects the accusations as "irresponsible and provocative". In December, Saudi Arabia intercepts, over Riyadh, another ballistic missile, which rebel-controlled television says targeted the official residence of King Salman. The rebels then in March 2018 fire seven missiles on Saudi territory, including three in the direction of Riyadh. Missile debris kills one person. In June 2019, 26 civilians are wounded in an attack on Abha International airport in the southwest of the kingdom. The Huthis say they have fired a cruise missile. Later that month, a missile attack at the same airport kills one Syrian national and wounds 21 other civilians. Nine civilians are injured in July in another attack on the airport. In May 2019, the rebels claim twin drone attacks on a pipeline linking eastern and western Saudi Arabia, in a blow to the world's biggest oil exporter. The coalition carries out a series of air strikes on Sanaa. The Huthis in August say they have carried out an attack with 10 drones against a Saudi gas installation. Oil giant Aramco says a "limited" fire at the eastern Shaybah gas installation has been brought under control. A wave of aerial attacks claimed by the Huthis in September that year spark fires at Aramco facilities, knocking out half of the kingdom's oil production. Riyadh and Washington accuse Tehran of having sponsored the attacks. Iran denies providing weapons to the Huthis, but makes no secret of its political support for the rebels. In November 2020, the Huthis fire a missile at an Aramco site at Jeddah, the biggest city in western Saudi Arabia, setting off a fire in a fuel tank. The coalition responds with air strikes on Huthi military camps. A Huthi drone strike on Wednesday leaves a civilian plane ablaze at Abha airport, days after the US moved to delist the rebels as terrorists. acm/jmy/dv/lg
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