Yemen: Houthi militia reports attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia

Arabian Peninsula

Houthi militia reports attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia

According to their own statements, the Houthi militia attacked two locations of the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco. She describes the attacks as retaliation for previous air strikes in Yemen.

The from Iran supported Houthi militia in Yemen has attacks again Saudi Arabia claimed for themselves. A Houthi spokesman said on Telegram that the group had attacked two sites of the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco in Riyadh and in the Khurais area with drones and ballistic missiles. There is currently no independent confirmation from the group of hits.

The spokesman justified the shelling with previous attacks by Saudi Arabia on Sanaa and the provinces of Saada, Tais and Amran. The Saudi-backed military of the Yemeni government claimed responsibility for the attacks on the capital Sanaa on Sunday night.

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The Houthi militia As the war in Yemen escalates, it is once again shelling targets in neighboring Saudi Arabia. The Sunni kingdom is allied with the internationally recognized government in Yemen and repeatedly bombs targets of the Shiite militia.

Set last Houthi attacks on oil facilities and an important Saudi pipeline are putting increasing pressure on the government in Riyadh. The Houthis also want to prevent Saudi oil tankers from passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait in order to make it more difficult for the oil-rich kingdom to export to Asia.

The internationally recognized government of Yemen said it had launched a comprehensive military operation against the Houthi militia. According to Rashad al-Alimi, a member of the Presidential Leadership Council, the planned operations cover all active front lines in the country. The aim of the offensive is to recapture all regions that are currently under militia control. His announcement was broadcast by the pro-government television station Yemen TV.

Al-Alimi said he had ordered the army, security agencies and all military formations to begin carrying out their missions “until the country is freed from the grip of the Houthi militia.” He accused the Iran-backed Houthis of responding to de-escalation efforts with further mobilization and escalation while escalating their attacks and threats against civilians, national facilities, neighboring countries and global shipping lanes.

The rival camps in Yemen have been engaged in heavy fighting for weeks. In September, the Houthi militia took control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast in a lightning offensive, thereby gaining access to the important Bab al-Mandab strait.