Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday it had fired 14 drones at several cities in Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said in a televised press conference that the group had attacked Aramco’s refineries in Jeddah as well as military bases in Riyadh, Jeddah, Abha, Jizan and Nazran.
There were mistakes in Sarah’s statement. It cited the wrong name for the international airport in Jeddah and the wrong location for the King Khalid base, saying it was in Riyadh when it was actually in the south of the kingdom.
Saudi Aramco, the state oil company, when contacted said Reuters That it will respond at the earliest opportunity.
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Meanwhile, state-run Saudi Press Agency The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen was quoted as saying that it had attacked 13 targets during a military operation against the Houthis.
The coalition said the operation affected weapons depots, air defense systems and drone communications systems in Yemen’s Sanaa, Saada and Marib provinces.
The Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it had destroyed three drones launched towards southern Saudi Arabia and a quarter over Yemen. It said the group “failed to launch two ballistic missiles” and that they fell inside Yemen.
The Houthis have launched repeated cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia using drones and missiles since coalition intervention in Yemen after the Saudi-backed government was ousted from the capital Sanaa in March 2015.
Aramco’s refinery in Jeddah was closed in 2017, but it houses a petroleum products distribution plant previously held by the Houthis. targeted in March.
UN and US-led efforts to plan a ceasefire in Yemen have stalled.
The conflict, seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, has been at a military standstill for years. The Houthis are pushing an offensive in Marib, the last northern stronghold of the internationally recognized government, as well as other areas of Yemen.