ByREUTERSAUGUST 9, 2026 09:54Updated: AUGUST 9, 2026 10:07Yemen's Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning. Earlier, the Saudi Arabian Energy Ministry said that firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out early at the facility.Aramco's industrial security teams had brought the fire under control, and the relevant authorities were completing procedures to deal with the incident, the ministry said on X. It did not say what caused the fire.Jazan is on the Red Sea near the border with Yemen.The Jazan refinery processes 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day and produces refined products including gasoline and ultra-light sulfur diesel.A SCENE of destruction in the city of Jazan, Saudi Arabia last month was caused by a projectile fired by the Houthis, according to the Saudi state news agency. (credit: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/REUTERS)Houthi terrorists previously attacked plant in JulyAramco shut down the refinery on July 27 following an attack by Houthi terrorists that damaged the plant's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) complex and tank farm area, according to a note from consultancy IIR seen by Reuters.The Houthis said at the time they had struck Aramco sites in Jazan and Yanbu. The attacks raised the prospect that threats to Red Sea shipping and Saudi oil infrastructure could widen global disruption stemming from the US war against Iran and Iranian attacks on shipping around the Strait of Hormuz.Aramco chief Amin Nasser said last week that recent attacks on the company's facilities had caused some production interruptions but that he was confident operations could be restored quickly. He said the attacks had no material operational or financial impact.The Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea last month in response to what they described as a Saudi siege of Yemen, an allegation Riyadh denies.Follow us on Google