Houthis add Saudi Aramco facilities to target list
Saudi Aramco facilities could face further attacks by the Houthis, who are believed to be ready to strike all oil‑related infrastructure.
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.
Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks, two people familiar with the deliberations said.
Yemen's Houthi group is considering imposing fees on commercial ships sailing through the southern Red Sea, a week after declaring a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported, citing regional sources.
Yemeni Houthi rebels from the Ansar Allah movement have performed a ballistic missile strike on the Saudi oil tanker NCC Ghazal, the rebels' military spokesman Yahya Sarea has reported.
The Houthis from Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement will decide for themselves whether or not to launch strikes against US military bases alongside Iran, Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said.
Commercial ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fell by 56% over the past week after Yemen's Houthi rebels announced an embargo on Saudi Arabia-linked vessels, The National reported.
The focus of contacts between the U.S. and Iran has widened to include the Houthi blockade of the Red Sea, a Pakistani source told The National.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the Houthis to refrain from any further attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, warning that renewed hostilities could draw Yemen deeper into regional conflict.
Oman said on Thursday it is coordinating with Saudi Arabia, Yemeni parties and the UN special envoy for Yemen to resume the political track …
A Saudi company-owned tanker was hit and caught fire while sailing in the Red Sea, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday.