Hormuz shut, Red Sea under threat: Saudi Arabia faces a new Houthi front
Red Sea at risk: Saudi Arabia faces new Houthi front
The Middle East conflict is now threatening to open another dangerous front, putting a second vital shipping route at risk as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants have attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery on the Red Sea coast and launched missiles and drones towards the government-held Yemeni city of Mokha.
The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, claimed the strike on the Aramco refinery in Jazan was precise. The Saudi energy ministry stated that firefighting teams extinguished the blaze at the Jazan refinery without injuries, but did not reveal the cause. These attacks follow the Houthis' declaration of a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia in July and their targeting of Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. The renewed fighting could unravel the fragile calm following the 2022 truce in Yemen's civil war.
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