Houthis say Saudi Arabia launches dozens of strikes on Yemen capital
The Houthi movement in Yemen has claimed responsibility for drone and missile attacks on an oil facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Simultaneously, the group reported dozens of Saudi-led airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, marking an escalation in the ongoing civil conflict.
Why it matters
This escalation threatens regional energy infrastructure and signals a breakdown in the relative calm that had previously existed in the Yemen-Saudi conflict.
Saudi-backed Yemen government soldiers ride in a pick-up truck near the Jabal Han front, west of the city of Taiz, where battles are ongoing — AHMAD AL-BASHA Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sanaa dozens of times.
The foes have traded strikes since the Houthis seized all of Yemen's Red Sea coast and took control of the Bab al-Mandab strait in a lightning offensive last month.
Houthi-affiliated channel Al-Masirah TV reported that "Saudi enemy aircraft" hit Sanaa with 26 strikes, after earlier reporting "Saudi aggression" against the Yemeni capital, without providing details on the targets or casualties.
Two correspondents in Sanaa reported hearing loud explosions and seeing warplanes firing missiles at the city.
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