Houthis strike oil facility near Riyadh as Saudi forces hit Sanaa
The Houthis claim ‘Saudi enemy aircraft’ hit the Yemeni capital with 26 strikes, without providing details of the targets or casualties.
On Saturday, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital Riyadh, with flames and smoke visible from an AFP journalist's location. The Houthi-affiliated channel Al-Masirah reported Saudi aircraft striking Sanaa 26 times, without providing details on the targets or casualties. Yemeni correspondents in Sanaa heard explosions and saw warplanes firing missiles at the city.
Meanwhile, flames and smoke were seen rising from an Aramco facility south of Riyadh, according to an AFP journalist. The Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree later confirmed that the group had targeted an oil facility in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, sparking fires at the site. The attacks mark the latest in a series of confrontations since the Houthis seized control of Yemen's Red Sea coast and Bab al-Mandab strait in a lightning offensive last month.
The renewed fighting has exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, with the World Food Programme warning that three-quarters of the population are unable to meet their basic food needs.
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