Jerusalem Post/Middle EastThe warning came after the Houthis fired missiles at Saudi Arabia, accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, marking a rupture in a four-year truce.Follow us on GoogleArmed Yemenis brandish their weapons as they rally in solidarity with Lebanon and Iran on the outskirts of the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on July 2, 2026. (photo credit: Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP via Getty Images)ByREUTERSJULY 16, 2026 19:19Updated: JULY 16, 2026 19:20Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday that all Saudi oil and other vital facilities would be targets for the group's missiles and drones if Riyadh escalated its involvement in the conflict.The warning came after the Houthis fired missiles at Saudi Arabia, accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, marking a rupture in a four-year truce between the two sides.The Iran-backed Houthis have previously targeted Saudi energy infrastructure. In 2019, they claimed responsibility for attacks on two key Saudi oil facilities that temporarily knocked out more than half of the kingdom's crude output.In 2022, they struck Saudi energy facilities again. At the time, the Saudi-led coalition said an Aramco petroleum products distribution station in Jeddah was hit and caught fire.Houthi leader threatens to strike 'airports for airports'"The real equation is Sanaa airport for Riyadh airport, airports for airports, ports for ports, and blockade for blockade," he said in a televised speech.General view of Aramco tanks and oil pipe at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018; illustrative. (credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo)Yemen has been mired in civil war for more than a decade since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.The conflict has since evolved into one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, leaving the country divided between a Saudi-backed government in Aden and a Houthi terrorist-controlled administration in Sanaa.Follow us on Google