Houthis Claim Attack on Saudi Aramco Refinery; Iran Demands Hormuz Reopening
Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on a Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan, two days after Saudi Arabia signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan. The attack followed Iran’s tough demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and an Iranian missile strike on a UAE ship. At least 11 people were killed in Yemen’s Mokha port city in strikes attributed to Houthi rebels.
Where Sources Diverge
The exact location of the attack is mentioned in different ways: some sources refer to the Jazan refinery, while others mention the Jubail gas facility.
attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia
struck Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery
Houthi attack suspected at Saudi gas facility in Jubail; Aramco Jazan fire extinguished
The number of casualties in Yemen is reported differently: some sources mention 11 deaths in Mokha, while others do not specify.
Strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday killed at least 11 people in the Yemeni port city of Mokha
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Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, they said on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the US-Israeli war on Iran. The alliance with Sunni Muslim US allies, Turkey and Pakistan, is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be regarded as an attack on all. It was not...
Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Iran issues tough demands to reopen of strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. The attack early on Sunday came after Iran issued tough new demands to reopen the strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile, as a deal to open the strategic waterway remained out of reach. Continue reading...
Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
Strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday killed at least 11 people in the Yemeni port city of Mokha, says a medical source, after an earlier drone salvo targeted a Saudi oil refinery. Attacks from the armed group have increased since the 2022 truce seems to have been broken last month.
Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement said they had struck Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery