Saudi conflict with Houthis escalates with new strikes

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The threat of a widening war on the Arabian Peninsula is accelerating. Houthi rebels in Yemen are again targeting Saudi infrastructure and military sites, escalating a conflict which may yet draw in other regional powers. The Saudi-led coalition launched new airstrikes on oil facilities across Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to deadly airport attacks in Riyadh. Ali Rogin reports.

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The threat of a wider war in the Arabian Peninsula is growing tonight. Houthi rebels in Yemen are once again targeting Saudi military installations and critical infrastructure, raising fears of a broader regional conflict that could draw in other powers.

The Saudi-led coalition launched new airstrikes on oil facilities across Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to a deadly attack on an international airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. That attack over the weekend killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300.

Today in Yemen's principal port city on the Red Sea coast, plumes of smoke engulfed blue skies, all part of a Saudi-led bombing campaign targeting Houthi-controlled territory and oil facilities.

Saturday's attack at King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 people and injured more than 300, among the dead, an Egyptian flight attendant who was 28 years old and a Jordanian father of two who worked at a coffee shop inside the airport. His father called the death an indescribable loss.

For Saudi Arabia, the failure of its air defenses to intercept the incoming missiles and drones has further raised fears and questions on how far the kingdom is prepared to go in response, a sentiment the Saudi energy minister echoed yesterday.

The events of recent weeks are serious. Our response must be equally serious. For Saudi Arabia, these circumstances have tested our infrastructure, our institution, our people, and our resilience.

Earlier today, the Houthis renewed their warning against using Saudi airspace, calling the country the -- quote -- "kingdom of the horn of Satan" and released footage allegedly showing attacks on Saudi-backed government forces northeast of Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

Turkey stands with Saudi Arabia and its Saudi brothers in the face of unlawful and inhumane attacks.

Turkey's President Recep Erdogan also said he would submit a defense pact struck among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan to the Parliament for ratification in the coming days. This comes as Saudi Arabia is pushing Washington for more direct military support.