How Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia raise the stakes for the militia

According to Arab News, three people were killed in two attacks on airports in the Kingdom on Wednesday, Oct. 7[1]. Al Jazeera, citing Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority, reports that the dead were Moroccan and Algerian women in Abha and a Sudanese national in Riyadh[2].Saudi Civil Defense said that on Thursday a kindergarten and a medical clinic complex in Riyadh were damaged by falling debris from an intercepted Houthi ballistic missile[1], Arab News reports.Arab News writes that the pact signed with Turkiye and Pakistan says any armed attack against one of the three countries "will be regarded as an attack against all three."[1] According to the outlet, the agreement was triggered for the first time at an emergency committee meeting in Riyadh on Monday[1].Nawaf Obaid, a senior fellow at King's College London, called the pact's military logic "compelling"[1], Arab News reports.A pro-government commander, Tafiq Al-Haboun, told AP that "This war is much more advanced," adding: "They have superior weapons, like drones and long-range ballistic missiles.[1]CNN reports that Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in a speech that "The more the Saudi enemy persists in its aggression and blockade, the greater its losses become."[3]According to Time, a Saudi-led coalition said the attacks "will not go unpunished" and that it had destroyed 82 Houthi military sites across Saada, Hodeidah, Jawf, and Marib[4].