Houthis Claim They Attacked Airport, Aramco Facilities In Saudi Arabia
Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for drone attacks on an airport and an Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia. This escalation follows a period of heightened regional conflict and threats to maritime shipping routes.
Why it matters
Attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure and threats to the Bab al-Mandab Strait have significant implications for global oil prices and maritime security.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Thursday that they targeted an airport and a facility belonging to state-owned oil giant Aramco in Saudi Arabia's southern Najran region, near the Yemeni border.The group "successfully carried out two military operations using drones: the first targeted a sensitive Saudi enemy site at Najran Airport, while the second targeted the Aramco facility in Najran", military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on Telegram. Earlier on Thursday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards had warned that Saudi Arabia would be "unable to contain" the Houthis as the rebels ramp up attacks on the kingdom.Yemen, embroiled in more than a decade of civil conflict, in July became the latest country to be dragged into the Middle East war as the Houthis upended a 2022…
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