Iran reports first night without new US strikes as Houthis attack Saudi Arabian city
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for missile and drone attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Yanbu and Jizan. This follows a period of relative calm after the U.S. paused its own strikes in the region.
Why it matters
Attacks on critical energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia threaten global oil supply chains and indicate a volatile escalation in regional proxy conflicts.
A Saudi Aramco oil facility near Riyadh, not one of the areas the Houthis claimed they hit with missiles. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi terrorists said Saturday that they targeted two Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the Houthis’ military spokesman, said in a prerecorded statement on Saturday that the attack targeted facilities of Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, in the Red Sea cities of Yanbu and Jizan.
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