Houthi attacks target Saudi refinery
ADEN: Strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday killed at least 11 people, a medical source in the Yemeni port city of Mokha told AFP, after an earlier drone salvo targeted a Saudi oil refinery on the Red Sea coast. A years-long truce in Yemen’s civil war between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government appeared to collapse last month as fighting between…
On Sunday, Houthi rebels backed by Iran launched attacks that killed at least 11 people and wounded 32 in Yemen's port city of Mokha, according to a medical source held by Yemen's internationally recognized government in Aden. The Houthi group also targeted a Saudi oil refinery on the Red Sea coast in response to drone incursions into northwest Yemen.
The breakdown of a years-long truce between the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government occurred as both sides engaged in clashes, with the Houthis announcing a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. This blockade affected Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and the kingdom's oil infrastructure, alongside Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Initially, two military sources with the government forces confirmed that at least eight troops were killed and over 40 injured in the Houthi attacks. However, a later statement from the Houthis' military spokesman, Yahya Saree, suggested that the group had targeted "Saudi enemy" troops and equipment with missiles and drones.
The Houthi attacks came after the Saudi energy ministry reported extinguishing a fire at a Jazan oil facility, prompting the attack on the Aramco-operated facility. The rebels claimed the strikes were retaliation for drone incursions by the Saudi kingdom into northwest Yemen.
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