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Continuous clashes on multiple Yemeni fronts as Yemeni government forces seek to gain field advances and consolidate control

Houthis spokesperson: Saudi military aircraft launched 59 airstrikes and missile attacks in the past 24 hours.

The Pakistani Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has issued a statement denying that Pakistani Air Forces are engaged in strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, calling the earlier New York Times report "fake and fabricated".

Houthi attack destroyed a Saudia plane stationed on the tarmac of the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday. Reuters reported that the aircraft was believed to be empty at the moment of the strike

Air India has cancelled all flights to and from Riyadh until 10 October. Comes even as Houthis claimed a ballistic-missile strike Saudi airports

Lufthansa group airlines will suspend flights to Riyadh up to and including October 16 - spokesperson

Saudi Civil Defense: Debris from the interception of a ballistic missile fell in Riyadh, causing material damage to a kindergarten and a medical clinic complex

Senior Houthi field commander Ammar Da'ah, who led the group's western coast axis, has been killed

Warplanes are conducting sustained strikes on Houthi military sites in Al-Bayda Governorate and parts of neighbouring Abyan, in the first bombardment of its kind in years

The Saudi-led coalition says it shot down three Houthi ballistic missiles, two heading toward Riyadh and one toward Khamis Mushait

Smoke is rising near Riyadh airport after Houthis strike

Houthi-held Hodeidah airport, telecommunication networks on Mount Bard in Kusmah district, Raymah governorate and in Bani Matar in Sana'a were targeted by airstrikes. Photo from Hodeidah airport

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: Turkey will not send troops to another country to launch an attack there under the Mecca Agreement because the agreement is defensive in nature. We are studying ways to help Saudi Arabia confront Houthi attacks, particularly through air defenses

Airstrikes reported at the Hodeidah airport

Airstrikes hit Houthi-controlled military base in Yarim area, Ibb Governorate, central Yemen

Warplanes launched airstrikes on Houthi militia reinforcements in the 55th Brigade, Yarym

Explosions rock Riyadh again

A senior Pakistani military official tells The New York Times that Pakistani fighter jets are taking part in strikes against the Houthis in Yemen

Smoke columns rising in multiple locations in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, following a Houthis rocket attack.

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa discussed in a phone call the latest developments in the Middle East and their implications for the region's future, security and stability. The phone call comes a day after al-Sharaa met with Saudi Crown Prince MbS who reportedly asked Syria to send forces to Yemen to fight alongside Saudi-backed forces

Syria officially denies reports of sending troops to Yemen. Presidential media adviser Ahmed Muwaffaq Zeidan called the reports "lies with no truth" while affirming Syria stands with Saudi Arabia's security. Syria's Information Ministry issued a separate statement saying Damascus's priority is "rebuilding the country and its institutions," not "opening new fronts." This directly contradicts today's Axios and Reuters reports saying Damascus was seriously considering Saudi Arabia's request to deploy 10,000-20,000 troops. The official statement says any military cooperation happens "only through official channels and existing bilateral frameworks." No Saudi confirmation or denial of the request has been issued

The Homeland Shield Forces, the Giants Brigades, and the Joint Forces have established full control over the Kahbub front

Saudi Arabia and Syria are discussing the possibility of sending Syrian soldiers to Yemen to join the battles against the Houthis, three senior U.S. officials told. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is seriously considering this but has not yet made a final decision

Yemeni Air Force targets the headquarters of the Central Ballistic Missile Systems Command in the outskirts of the capital Sana'a, killing 11 officers, including several Iranians

A Chinese container ship was attacked with a projectile in the Red Sea

Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said. Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to help Saudi-backed Yemeni troops fight the Houthis, the sources said

The Saudi General Civil Aviation Authority reports that an attack on Abha Airport resulted in the death of two residents and the injury of 28 Saudi nationals and residents.

Houthi military spokesman: We targeted 11 gatherings of government forces south of Bab al-Mandab with 11 ballistic missiles.

National Shield Forces publicly showcase, for the first time, a 122 mm Grad-family multiple rocket launcher equipped with a 20/40-tube launcher

Two Saudi airstrikes target the telecommunications network in the Al-Safra and Al-Salem districts of Saada Governorate, northern Yemen