Fighting in Yemen intensifies: What’s the latest on the battlefield?

Forces aligned with Yemen’s government on Thursday said that they had intercepted a drone headed towards Medina in Saudi Arabia, and a missile fired towards Riyadh, amid escalating fighting between them and Yemen’s Houthi group.Fighting between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Iran-aligned Houthi rebels has intensified along the country’s western Red Sea coast, along with expanding Houthi attacks on oil facilities and airports in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Food shortages in Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi siege hits supplieslist 2 of 3Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missile launched towards Riyadhlist 3 of 3Iraq’s PM tells Saudi crown prince Iraqi territory will not be used for attacksend of listOn Wednesday, Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah or Supporters of God, said the group’s forces had conducted “a high-quality military operation targeting Aramco in Dhahran”, as well as strikes on Riyadh airport and a refinery in the capital.He added that operations “will continue in the coming days, targeting Saudi enemy airports and oil facilities”.A Saudi Ministry of Energy official confirme...