6 ops in 48 hrs: Houthis claim to strike Saudi airports, oil field & military sites
Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a series of drone and missile strikes targeting Saudi Arabian oil facilities and airports. The group stated these actions were in retaliation for ongoing Saudi military operations in Yemen.
Why it matters
The escalation of cross-border attacks threatens regional stability and global energy infrastructure.
Yemen’s Iran-linked Houthi rebels on Monday claimed six “qualitative military operations” on Saudi Arabia in the past 48 hours, reportedly targeting Aramco facilities in Yanbu, the Shaybah oil field, King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Abha International Airport, and several military sites.Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the operations were launched in response to what he called “treacherous Saudi aggression” against Yemen and its people.“The Yemeni Armed Forces have, over the past 48 hours, carried out six qualitative military operations using a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones,” Yahya said in a post on X.According to Saree, Saudi forces launched more than 200 airstrikes and missiles in the past 48 hours targeting civilian facilities in the capital, Sana’a, and in what the Houthis term the “free governorates”.He claimed this resulted in dozens of dead and wounded, most of them women and children.
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