Houthis say struck refinery on Saudi coast
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Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked an oil facility on Aug. 9 in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the latest attack by the Iranian-backed rebels on the kingdom.
Yahya Saree, a military spokesperson for the Houthis, said they targeted an Aramco refinery in the city of Jazan with a drone. The attack was in response to Saudi drones’ breaching Yemen’s airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada, he said.
Earlier in the day, the Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at a facility belonging to the Aramco refinery without casualties. The ministry said the fire was extinguished but it didn’t describe its cause.
