Situation in Bab el-Mandeb Strait threatens mega-escalation, Peskov says
The Kremlin representative drew attention to the concerns caused by the ongoing destabilization
The Kremlin representative drew attention to the concerns caused by the ongoing destabilization
Saudi Arabia strongly condemns the attacks on the East-West oil pipeline near the cities of Medina and Riyadh, the kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly called U.S. President Trump twice and urged him to launch strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Axios reported, citing U.S. officials.
Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said any attack on Saudi Arabia could activate the Mecca Defense Alliance, warning aggression against one member would be viewed as an attack on all signatories.
The Royal Saudi Air Force carried out 32 airstrikes on four governorates in western Yemen, the Houthi rebels’ press service reported.
At the same time, the kingdom would firmly defend itself and its interests
The Houthi rebel group in Yemen launched a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and igniting fires at oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom, authorities said.
Yemeni authorities intend to regain control over the country’s official capital, the city of Sana, which has been held by the Houthis from the rebel movement Ansar Allah since 2015, Al Jazeera reported.
At least two people died after a Houthi missile attack on a refugee camp in the northern part of the Yemeni Marib governorate, the Al Hadath television channel reported.
Saudi Aramco facilities could face further attacks by the Houthis, who are believed to be ready to strike all oil‑related infrastructure.
The Houthis from Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement carried out a drone strike on a Jazan oil refinery belonging to the Saudi state-owned company Saudi Aramco, the rebel-controlled SABA news agency reported, citing a military source.
The Houthis have claimed an attack on a Saudi warship and four escorting vessels in the Red Sea.
The Yemeni army conducted more than 180 military operations against Houthi facilities during that past day, Yemeni army spokesman Colonel Majed Al-Nuzaili said.
Thirteen countries have officially joined the Saudi-led Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition (MMDC), aimed at ensuring security in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, according to the Saudi Defense Ministry.
A small cargo ship was attacked on Tuesday by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three crew members, said two Yemeni coast guard sources and two military officials in the government.
Houthi rebels from Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement said they had carried out a large-scale strike with ballistic missiles and UAVs on troop concentrations and weapons depots near the southwestern Yemeni city of Mokha, the movement’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said.
Eleven people, including a woman and a four-year-old child, were injured as a result of an attack by Houthis of Qatar's Ansar Allah rebel movement on Saudi Arabia’s Najran, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki reported.
Yemen’s Houthi group claimed Wednesday that it struck the Saudi oil tanker Wafaa with several ballistic missiles in the northern Red Sea off the coast of Yanbu.
Two Pakistan-flagged oil tankers carrying Saudi crude have sailed through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb without incident, despite the Houthi blockade against Saudi Arabia, according to maritime intelligence company Windward.
Saudi Arabia unveiled plans for a multinational maritime defence coalition aimed at protecting international shipping and energy supply routes in the Red Sea region after attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis disrupted one of the world's busiest trade corridors.