Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree delivers a televised statement in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday. Yemen's Houthis claimed to have launched missile and drone attacks against facilities belonging to Aramco, Saudi Arabia's state-run oil company, in retaliation for Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeida. Photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA
July 25 (UPI) -- The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced Saturday that they had attacked Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones in retaliation for Saudi attacks on Hodeida, Yemen.
Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the group's spokesperson, posted on X that the Houthis launched two military operations "in response to this blatant and criminal aggression" from Saudi Arabia.
"The first targeted sensitive Aramco-affiliated facilities in Jizan with dozens of ballistic missiles and drones," he said. "And the second operation targeted sensitive Aramco-affiliated facilities in Yanbu with a number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones."
Aramco is the Saudi Arabian state-owned oil company.
