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The missile and drones used by the Houthi militia to target Saudi Arabia’s oil port and facilities were supplied by Iran, said Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, the official spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, on Monday. ....
Saudi Arabia oil facilities targeted in drone and missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen By Khaled Wassef March 8, 2021 / 11:57 AM / CBS News An explosive-laden drone and a ballistic missile launched by Yemen s Houthi rebels targeted Saudi Arabian oil facilities in two locations run by the kingdom s state oil company, officials said Monday. The attack drove up oil prices, drew a rebuke from the Biden administration as it pushes for an end to the Yemeni civil war, and highlighted the risk posed by that war to one of the world s biggest oil producers. The Saudi Energy Ministry confirmed the strikes targeting infrastructure at the port of Ras Tanura and in the city of Dhahran late on Sunday. A ministry spokesman said a drone launched from the sea hit a petroleum tank farm at Ras Tanura Port and a ballistic missile s shrapnel fell near Saudi Aramco s residential compound in the city of Dhahran after it was intercepted by the countr ....
The Arab Coalition on Monday said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a booby-trapped drone launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia. ....
Move comes after kingdom ‘intercepted a string of drones launched by Iran-backed rebels’ AFP March 07, 2021 RIYADH: A Saudi-led military coalition mounted air strikes on Yemen s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on Sunday after it intercepted a string of drones launched by the Iran-backed rebels, state media reported. The developments mark a new escalation in Yemen s six-year conflict between the coalition-backed Yemeni government and the rebels, despite a renewed US push to end the conflict. The strikes triggered huge explosions in Sanaa and sent plumes of smoke rising in the sky, according to AFP correspondents at the scene. The rebels reported seven air strikes on the city. ....
Yemen s Houthi forces say they fired missile at Saudi Aramco site in Jeddah SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 04, 2021, 10:57 AM IST Share Synopsis The spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition that has been battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement for six years did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. ThinkStock Photos Yemen s Houthi forces fired a missile at a Saudi Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia s Red Sea city of Jeddah, a Houthi military spokesman said on Thursday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities. Saudi Aramco, whose oil production and export facilities are mostly in Saudi Arabia s Eastern Province, more than 1,000 km (620 miles) across the country from Jeddah, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. ....