The series of attacks launched by the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement—also known by the surname of its leaders, the Houthis—which is aligned with Iran—using ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in southern Saudi Arabia resulted in 13 civilian casualties, a spokesperson for the Riyadh-led military coalition announced today; the coalition intervened in the war in Yemen in 2015 on the side of the internationally recognized government.
The “Houthi terrorist paramilitary organization” launched “attacks against civilian infrastructure and civilians in the cities of Hamis Musait, Abha, and Taif using a number of ballistic missiles and drones,” resulting in “thirteen civilians sustaining injuries ranging from minor to moderate” and “damage to seven homes and two vehicles,” said spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki via X.
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Against this tense backdrop, Saudi Arabia requested the postponement of a meeting of foreign ministers—to be attended by Iran and Gulf states—that was supposed to take place in Oman yesterday, according to Iranian diplomatic sources.
“Citing the Yemen issue as the reason (for the postponement) is a false pretext,” said spokesperson Esmail Baghaei during a briefing for accredited journalists at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran.
“Iran does not interfere in Yemen’s affairs,” he insisted, emphasizing that Ansar Allah is a “completely independent” entity that “makes its decisions based on its own interests.”
Meanwhile, two fishing boats were struck by drones in the Persian Gulf on Monday night, according to Iranian media reports, which mention several people missing.
The deputy governor of Hormozgan Province told the Mehr News Agency that the two fishing boats were attacked off the coast of the port of Karghan and that a search and rescue operation for their crews is currently underwaysearch and rescue operation for their crews is underway.
Earlier, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for the Middle East, denied the claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that the Panamanian-flagged tanker El Gaia burst into flames after striking a mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM notes that the El Gaia “was struck by an Iranian missile last month,” rendering it immobilized. Over the weekend, it was attacked by an Iranian drone while off the coast of Oman and is currently “being towed by a regional partner,” CENTCOM clarifies.
In another development, the U.S. Department of Defense acknowledged in a report released yesterday, Monday, that there was a “shortage” of ammunition due to the war against Iran—a finding that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has categorically denied in recent months.
“The use of ammunition during Operation Epic Rage caused shortages in the strategic stockpile and revealed fundamental problems in ‘Operation Epic Fury’) caused shortages in the strategic stockpile and revealed fundamental problems in the industrial base for ammunition resupply,” admits the report by the Pentagon’s inspector general on the U.S. attack against Iran. The report does, however, highlight “measures” taken by the department to accelerate production.
When reports appeared in the press in June regarding restrictions on the use of certain types of weapons, primarily missiles and, more specifically, interceptor missiles for the U.S. Armed Forces’ air defense systems, the government had denied them. President Trump had assured the public that the country possesses “enormous quantities of ammunition.”
In early September, the U.S. President insisted that they had a “virtually unlimited supply of ammunition,” a claim he had repeatedly made throughout the war, for example in March.
However, at least according to press reports, the ammunition shortage is so severe that President Trump decided not to launch any more large-scale attacks against Iran during the summer.
Despite the massive use of interceptor missiles, “Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and facilities at military bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan,” the inspector general’s report states.
The document, which covers the period from April through June 2026, also refers to damage to the aircraft: four F-15s were destroyed, one F-35 was damaged, seven KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft were damaged, and “up to 30” MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems were also destroyed, among other things.
The document estimates that “more than 50,000” U.S. military personnel were involved in the Gulf War, which broke out on February 28, with U.S.-Israeli airstrikes against Iran.
Retaliatory strikes by Iran or its allies also destroyed diplomatic buildings in four countries (Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates), according to the document.
Source: KYPE/ANA-MPA
