Yemen's Saudi-backed government alleges the Houthis, with IRGC help, have modified Iranian air defence weapons into heat-tracking loitering cruise missiles, threatening civilian aviation over Yemen and the Red Sea. The Houthis have escalated attacks on Saudi Arabia, which intercepted six ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu. Fighting has reignited after a 2022 ceasefire.
Yemen Accuses Houthis of Converting Iranian Missiles
Source: Al Jazeera