Houthis claim attacks on Saudi oil sites and airports

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 24 Oct, 20:44 · Archive

Yemen's Houthi rebels say they have launched attacks on Saudi oil facilities and airports as clashes between the two sides intensify. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco facility in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery, crude oil pumping stations and the East-West Pipeline. He also said the Iran-aligned group targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, an airport in Najran and an air base in Khamis Mushait. It was not immediately clear if any of the reported attacks had hit their targets in the kingdom or had been intercepted. Saudi authorities reported missile debris falling near the site of one of the purported oil targets but did not comment directly on the Houthi statements.

Saree said the latest attacks were in retaliation for Saudi strikes on Yemen, putting them at 100 air strikes over the past 24 hours. The Saudi-led coalition said it downed two ballistic missiles fired by Houthis towards Yanbu and Taif. Yemen's Saudi-backed government said the Houthis also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.

Houthi-linked media reported deadly air strikes by the Saudi coalition on the Houthi-ruled capital Sanaa. At least four people were killed and several others injured in a strike on a house in the Asr area in western Sanaa, the Houthi-affiliated television al-Masirah reported. A strike on a cement factory in the Hamdan district in Sanaa killed and injured an unspecified number of civilians, according to the Houthi-controlled news agency Saba. Al-Masirah later reported that eight were killed and 10 others injured in that attack.

How it is being reported

• Houthi rebels say they attacked Saudi oil sitesHouthi rebels in Yemen say they have carried out a series of attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia.Perth Now · 24 Oct, 19:49
• Houthi rebels say they attacked Saudi oil sitesHouthi rebels in Yemen say they have carried out a series of attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia.The West Australian · 24 Oct, 19:49

In this story: Houthi rebels · Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Yahya Saree · Aramco · Riyadh · Sanaa

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