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The U.S. State Department has issued an alert to Americans currently in the Middle East, urging them to "exercise heightened vigilance due to the complex security environment." The State Department added: "The hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly

United Kingdom is now advising that no one should travel to parts of Saudi Arabia for non-essential purposes, including the capital Riyadh

In significant sign of continued Saudi-UAE engagement despite loads of reporting on rift, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and UAE Investment Minister Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi sign MoU to deepen cooperation on electricity trade, power grids and rail connectivity

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

Smoke was seen rising from a stationary aircraft at Riyadh airport according to a witness and three people familiar with the incident. The aircraft was believed to be empty, and Saudi authorities have not confirmed the incident. Source: Reuters

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Saudi air strikes reported on Sana'a

Large fire erupts at Saudi Aramco refinery in Jeddah as result of Houthis strikes

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ​arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday on an official visit to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia is pumping 5.8m barrels in 24 hours through its key cross-country East-West pipeline, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said — the first official announcement on the conduit's flow after an attack in early September. Pre-attack, the pipe carried ~7m barrels in 24 hours

A 24-year-old Sri Lankan migrant worker, Anojan Sivarasa, has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy over a Facebook comment insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Sivarasa deleted the comment and posted an apology, but screenshots were sent to his employer, leading to his arrest in July. He was initially sentenced to five years in prison and fined 3 million Saudi riyals, but prosecutors appealed for the case to be handled under Sharia law, and an appellate court imposed the death penalty on 17 September. Sri Lanka is seeking clemency, with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake promising to pursue a pardon and a legal delegation travelling to Saudi Arabia

The military spokesman for Houthis: We targeted Abha International Airport with a ballistic missile, and air traffic there was disrupted.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan and Najran International Airport were targeted in two attacks on Monday evening, causing three minor injuries and limited material damage, authorities said

Saudi military spokesman says weapons and mines storage facilities, as well as small boats, have been destroyed in Hodeidah