Houthis claim drone hits on Riyadh airport and Saudi oil pumping station
Yemen's Houthis say they launched drones at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and struck a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West crude pipeline. The group also claims missile attacks on Saudi troops in Jazan and on weapons depots inside Yemen. Riyadh has not confirmed any of it.
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Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a drone, and targeted pumping station number three on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline with two more drones. The statement said both operations achieved their objectives. That pipeline moves crude oil across the kingdom to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.
In the same announcement, Saree said the group fired two ballistic missiles at what he described as Saudi troop concentrations in the al-Tuwal area of Jazan, in southern Saudi Arabia. The claims landed hours after Saudi civil defence issued an all-clear for the province, which hosts a Saudi Aramco refinery able to process 400,000 barrels of crude per day.
The Houthis also reported strikes inside Yemen. Saree said ballistic missiles and drones hit Saudi weapons depots at the Ras Abbas camp in Aden, and that missiles were fired at forces commanded by Saudi officers in Lahj and al-Jawf provinces, where he claimed many casualties.
There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi Arabia of any of the Houthi claims.
TopicsHouthis · Yahya Saree · King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · Saudi Aramco · Jazan · Aden · East-West pipeline
Source: middleeasteye.net
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